Crops washed away, border farmers seek special girdawari

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Sukhchain Singh, a farmer from Nihala Khilcha, is a worried man. His entire crop in Dona Telu Mal was washed away in floods last month when the Bhakra Dam authorities released excess water. Incessant rain upstream had filled the dam to the brim. Sukhchain, who has four daughters and two sons, one of whom is differently abled, said, “I had thought of marrying off one of my daughters this year, but crop damage has dashed my hopes.”

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