KARACHI, Mar 13 (APP): Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Chairman Pakistan
Peoples Party, has asked the government to extend help to growers to
safeguard their standing crops from any damage by the current spell
of rain across the country.
`These rains could pose a grave danger to the standing crops of
wheat and other agriculture produces. Growers are in dire need of the
government support at this time to meet its procurement target and
protect the yield from any adverse effect due to the downpour’, PPP
Chairman said in a press statement issued here on Sunday.
He pointed out that agriculture was the backbone of our economy
and bumper cash crops bring in prosperity to the growers and all the
tilling masses linked to agriculture economy.
`This is the time that government stands alert to the needs of
the growers community and provide them all possible help to save their
crops from flattening and weeds due to the widespread
rain-thundershower accompanied by strong gusty winds with isolated
hailstorm’, Bilawal further maintained.
Bilawal Bhutto was of the view that federal government and all
the four provincial governments should chalk out emergent plans and
activate their Agriculture Departments and the relevant authorities
for extending the required guidelines and support to the peasants to
protect their standing crops against any danger by the rains.
He further pointed out from fixation of the support prices for
agriculture produces to safeguarding the interests of the growers
community, the PPP has always been in the forefront to remove the
genuine concerns of the farmers.