Farmers affected by the fencing near the India-Pakistan border in Punjab have not received compensation for the land acquired by the government. Their land has been included in the "No Man's Land" which prevented them from farming anymore.
Farmers in Ajnala sector along the India-Pakistan border have claimed compensation for their agricultural land that was fenced without officially acquiring in 1991.
Most of the farmers in this region possess marginal holdings. And, the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel as well as the Pakistan Rangers are watch these farmers.
"As of now the BSF people are trying to help us a lot but due to frequent floods from River Ravi, all we can sow is only one crop. Regarding other problems if someone dies, the deceased family does not get compensation. Long back they paid rupees 2,500 but after that nothing was received. No government listens to our requests," said Gurbachan Singh, another farmer along the Indo-Pak border.
"One can buy an acre of land situated beyond fencing for less than rupees 50,000 whereas an acre of land situated before fencing, the price was over rupees 800,000," he added
Mohan Singh, one such farmer in Ajnala sector along the India-Pakistan border, lamented all these developments have curtailed his farming activities.
"We are facing many problems here, either this barb wire should be moved or they should compensate for it. We have a total of about 300 acres of lands on both side of the wire and we are able to grow only one crop in a year from our land and that too a lot gets wasted while harvesting due to strictness on this partition," said Mohan Singh.
