Mysore/Mysuru: Appealing the farmers not to get frustrated over lockdown regulations and destroy their produce, Agriculture Minister B.C. Patil said that the officials have been asked not to disrupt transportation of farm products and agricultural produce.
Addressing a meeting with farmer leaders at the Taluk Panchayat office in city on Saturday, he said that he has received inputs from officials on the preparedness for pre-monsoon farming activities. Admitting that the farmers are in deep distress following the promulgation of COVID-19 lockdown, Patil said that the Government has taken serious note of the plight of farmers, who have resorted to destruction of standing crops after failing to find buyers and also unable to transport their produce to the markets due to the lockdown.
