The Punjab unit of Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) Saturday demanded a judicial probe into the recent floods.

A decision to this effect was taken during the meeting held at Karnail Singh Isru Bhawan, Ludhiana , under the chairmanship of Joginder Singh Ugrahan, president of BKU Ekta Ugrahan. In support of various demands related to flood-affected areas, the morcha announced three-hour sit-ins outside all Deputy Commissioner offices across Punjab on October 8. If the demands are not met, the next course of action will soon be declared.

The morcha stated that the floods were not a curse of nature but the result of mismanagement by rulers. “Compared to the 20th century, the earth’s temperature has risen by 1.2 degrees, causing climate change that brings floods in some areas and drought in other

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