SAS Nagar, September 22 At the invitation of Sanyukta Kisan Morcha, dharna was held in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office under the leadership of Ravinder Singh Deh Kalan, district president of Bharatiya Kisan Union Lakhowal here today and slogans were raised against the government. . On this occasion, farmers' leaders gave a demand letter to SDM Chandra Jyoti in the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Speaking on the occasion, Harinder Singh Lakhowal, General Secretary of Bharatiya Kisan Union Lakhowal and other speakers said that due to the central government's pro-corporate policies, unaccounted cutting of mountains, increase in global warming due to destruction of forests and the act of playing with the environment, many It has wreaked havoc in states and Union Territories, especially Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Assam. On this occasion, it was demanded that floods, landslides and drought in some states should be declared a national calamity and due compensation should be given for the widespread destruction of crops, human lives, livestock and livelihoods and necessary flood control measures should be taken. Measures to be taken In the memorandum sent to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it has been said that Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand are the states most affected by this natural calamity and hundreds of people have lost their lives there. Property and livestock worth crores of rupees have been damaged. The letter demanded an adequate relief package by declaring the incessant floods and landslides in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Assam as national calamities, prompt and effective relief operations in the affected states and Union Territories along with adequate compensation. be paid, the rules for distribution of compensation should be relaxed so that the victims get adequate compensation commensurate with the loss of life and property. In the letter, it has been demanded that compensation should be made for the loss of crops by making slabs. Farmers whose entire crop of this season has been damaged and next season's crop is in crisis, will get Rs 1,00,000 per acre, farmers who will not be able to produce due to damage of this season's crop, will get Rs 70,000 per acre. acre, farmers whose paddy or any other crop was damaged after the water subsided, should be given compensation of Rs.30,000 per acre for replanting that crop. Also, those farmers whose tube wells are damaged or whose fields are filled with soil or sand should be exempted from the norms of dredging and soil removal, to enable the tube wells and make the land cultivable, with compensation to those farmers. Besides, special compensation should be given separately according to the loss, contract farmers and other cultivators without ownership rights should be compensated at the same rate, those whose members of the family have died, Rs. An additional compensation of Rs.1,00,000 per animal for cattle, Rs.50,000 per family for minor damage, Rs.5,00,000 per household for house damage, additional compensation of Rs.50,000 per family for farm laborers for cattle fodder should be given. It has also been demanded that the loan of farmers-labourers should be put forward and the interest waived off. Immediate restoration and strengthening of all embankments in flood prone areas to protect these areas from future floods. Jaspal Singh Niamiyan, Gurmeet Singh Khoonimajra, Manpreet Singh Amlala, Karam Singh Baroli, Jagtar Singh Jharmari, Angrej Singh Dakounda, Jaspal Singh Dapper and Tarlochan Singh Puadh, Gurnam Singh Dao, Kulwant Singh Roorkee also spoke on this occasion.