Raised potato farmers issue with Centre: CM

Chandigarh: Expressing concern over the falling prices of potato crop, chief minister Amarinder Singh on Friday assured the House to address this issue on priority. He was intervening on the reply given by rural development minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, to a call to attention notice raised by MLA Gurpartap Singh Wadala. Amarinder said the state had already raised with the Centre the demand for allowing export of potatoes and sugar to Russia, UAE, Iran and Sri Lanka for fetching better prices of these crops.He said that once the Centre gives clearance to the state government for export of these crops, the farmers would immensely benefit in terms of lucrative returns and assured marketability of their produce.