Kisan Board Pakistan (KBP) urges the government to declare flood-affected districts as calamity hit and waive off abiana and small agricultural loans of the growers. The Board also demanded of the government for an immediate compensation to losses suffered by the growers because of flood.
These demands were raised at a meeting of KBP Presidents from all districts of the central Punjab chaired by the Central KBP President Sardar Zafar Hussein Khan. The meeting was attended by the KBP Punjab President, Secretary-General and district presidents. The meeting was convened to review the flood situation and losses suffered by the growers. The meeting expressed its solidarity with the farmers of the flood-hit areas.