Amritsar farmers face problems in sowing season due to labour shortage

Farmers in Punjab are facing problems in sowing crops as majority of the labourers have returned to their hometowns due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Farmers are now involving their family members to carry out tedious task of sowing crops.

One of the farmers said, "Due to COVID-19, the situation of farmers and labourers has been worse.

Because of corona, all the labours from Bihar have returned to their home towns.

Government did arrangements for their departure.

They got so scared that they returned to their places.

Neither did government do any arrangements for labourers nor did they give us any financial support."