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Shifting of fence brings cheer to farmers along Indo-Pak border | Farmers in the Ferozpur area living close to India Pakistan border have a reason to smile as the Border Security Force (BSF) is shifting the fencing to the zero point, leaving vast areas to farmers to move freely in. The areas
where the fencing is being shifted to the zero point, five kilometers away, are
Gajniwala, Dona Talumal, Joginder villages. The farmers have been protesting for
long over problems faced in tilling their fields. Happy with the decision, farmers
say that it will enable them to work for long hours in their field without any
disturbances and get better produce. "The government has said that they would
shift the border fencing to 0 point. Earlier, a lot of our precious time used
to get wasted because of frisking at the border area and we used to get two to
three hours to work in the field, which was not enough," said Rasham, a farmer.
The BSF Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Rajesh Gupta said around 3.5 thousands
acres of land would be freed from fencing, which will bring relief to around 200
farmers. "The farmers of Gajniwala, Joginder have been demanding for long that
the fencing be shifted so that they can work in their fields without any disturbances,"
Gupta said. So keeping in view the farmers' demand, the federal government has
sent a sanction according to which we will shift the fencing to five kilometres
towards the border, after which 3.5 thousands acres of land will fall in our side
from the fencing and the owners of the land would be able to work without any
disturbance," he added. India began setting up a long fence along the border with
Pakistan in the mid-90s to stop militant groups and illegal immigrants from sneaking
into Indian territory. |
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