The continuous unscheduled closure of Gogera branch canal for the last two and a half months has badly affected various crops in dozens of villages of the district. This was claimed by Labour Party Pakistan (LPP) Toba Tek Singh Secretary-General Tariq Mahmood in a press statement. He said the supply was restored for two days during last week but it was suspended on the assumption that farmers did not need water owing to last month's rains.
He said the closure of the canal made it impossible for growers to irrigate wheat as a result 30 percent per acre yield might decline. He said the underground water in all villages of Gogera branch canal was brackish as a result farmers and their cattle use only irrigation water for drinking purpose.
He warned that if water supply is not restored immediately, the party would have no other option except to bring farmers on roads as a protest.
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