Protest against irrigation officials for not repairing canal bed.

BAHAWALNAGAR -- Scores of farmers belonging to surrounding villages of Lower Beerwah canal on Thursday registered their protest against officials of the irrigation department and accused them of damaging the canal bed and not repairing it timely which prevented water from flowing into their crops.

The protesters said the entire bed of the Lower Beerwah canal had been damaged because of the negligence of the irrigation officials, who failed to timely repair it. Owing to this, the water level in the canal remained below the water courses, they said.

The protesters said they filed several complaints to the authorities, personally met with the irrigation high-ups and also registered their protest but to no avail. They said they were left with the option to irrigate their land by using the costly method of tubewells. However, because of skyrocketing prices of fuel they could not even think about it now.

They said if the authorities kept mum over the matter, their lands would turn barren and they would face famine.

They have appealed to the prime minister to take immediate notice of the matter and threatened to commit self-immolation in front of the PM House in case of no action.

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