Farmers Protest Deaths: Farmer’s kin, unions protest denial of compensation by Punjab govt

Surjit Singh (32), who was protesting in opposition to farm payments on the Delhi border, died allegedly on account of Covid-19. Months later, the household has been paid compensation by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), whereas it nonetheless awaits reduction from the state authorities.
Punjab CM had introduced a job to subsequent of kin together with compensation of Rs 5 lakh in such circumstances, whereas SGPC had declared a compensation of Rs one lakh per household.

But whereas SGPC has paid compensation to 270 households, the Punjab authorities’s checklist solely had names of 220 farmers. While the state has paid compensation to those 220 households, Surjit’s title was not on the checklist. On Monday, his household protested outdoors the workplace of Tarn Taran DC together with members of farmer unions.
Surjit Singh, who solely had one and a half acre land, had died on February 3. He had gone to Singhu in January. Farmer unions claimed that they paid Rs 80,000 to get him handled earlier than his dying.

“Surjit Singh had developed Pneumonia at Singhu border. We admitted him to a makeshift hospital at the Singhu border. But his condition didn’t improve. There was no Covid-19 test facility at the Singhu border. At Amritsar also, the private hospital didn’t inform us if he had Covid-19 or not. We were told that he died from Pneumonia,” mentioned Hardeep Singh Rasoolpur, Tehsil President, Jamhoori Kisan Sabha.
Surjit Singh is survived by his spouse and his son.
Surjit’s spouse mentioned: “We have been paid Rs 1 lakh compensation by SGPC. An NGO has also paid Rs 40,000 and Sanyukat Kisan Morcha granted Rs 20,000 in compensation. But Punjab government is not ready to accept that my husband died during farmers’ protests. We have provided all the evidence related to the death of my husband, However, the district administration is not clearing the file.”

Tarn Taran Deputy Commissioner Kulwant Singh mentioned: “We will look into the matter and decision will be taken on merit.”
Meanwhile, Rasoolpur, alleged: ”Due to the unwarranted interference of the Congress get together MLA, no monetary help has been given to Surjit’s household to this point. Today, below the management of the Jamhoori Kisan Sabha, Punjab, tons of of girls farmers gathered in massive numbers in Gandhi Park to protest in opposition to the halqa MLA and the SDM.”