Diesel Shortage For Farmers: The deepening energy crisis globally has given sleepless nights to the farmers of Jammu. At present, the fields of Jammu may look empty but the paddy sowing season is going to start here after exactly a month. Farmers have started preparing rice plants in their nurseries which will be shifted to the main fields after a month.

However, amidst this bright future, the fear of diesel shortage stands like a big villain. Frequent use of tractors is necessary to prepare the fields, but the uncertainty regarding the availability of fuel has left farmers deeply worried. Know the current situation.

Will diesel be available?

Before planting the paddy crop, the work of plowing the fields is most important. Farmers say that they have to run tractors several times to make the soil suitable for sowing. The responsibility of this entire process completely depends on diesel. The way the energy crisis is increasing at the global level.

Due to this, the farmers of Jammu fear whether they will be able to get enough diesel for their machines when the peak time of sowing comes or not. If fuel is not received on time. So it will become impossible to prepare the fields and it will have a negative impact on the entire crop cycle.

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fear in the minds of farmers

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeals for fuel saving have further fueled the concerns of farmers. Farmers argue that if there is already such a strict and doubtful situation regarding the use of petrol and diesel. So the situation may become even more challenging in the next one month.

The big question coming in the minds of farmers is whether the government will be able to ensure the supply of diesel for agricultural purposes in this time of crisis? It is difficult to imagine modern farming without diesel and in such a situation, this time just before the sowing season is no less than a litmus test for the farmers.

Demand for relief from the government

Farmers from Jammu to Punjab are now looking towards the Central Government with hopeful eyes. Farmers clearly say that the Prime Minister should intervene on this serious issue and arrange for a special quota or smooth supply of fuel for the agricultural sector. Energy crisis can be a global problem.

But its direct impact is on the food security of the country and the livelihood of farmers. The farmers demand that a concrete strategy should be made for agricultural states like Jammu-Kashmir and Punjab. So that not a single field remains barren due to shortage of diesel and sowing work can be completed on time.

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