CM Captain Amarinder Singh's gift to farmers,
CM Captain Amarinder Singh's gift to farmers, "Those who own land will get compensation"
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Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh has assured the House that his government will come up with a policy to compensate farmers for the land used by Punjab State Transmission Corporation Limited (PSTCL) to erect towers. However, the Chief Minister has ruled out the possibility of giving compensation to the farmers for the land under electric wires as there are 105 acres of agricultural land under these wires across the state.

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MLA from Talwandi Sabo in the assembly. In the calling attention motion brought by Baljinder Kaur and MLA from Garhshankar Jai Krishna Rody, the matter was raised by PSTCL on the farmers' land with 40 times 40 feet size of electric poles. He said in the proposal that on the behalf of PSTCL, large poles of electricity have been installed in the lands of farmers from Balanwali Thermal Plant to Talwandi Sabo Refinery without prior notice.

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Due to many problems, the farmers' land is getting degraded and they are not being given any compensation for the use of this land. It was said in the proposal that the price of farmers' land is also falling by putting this pillar. He demanded compensation of Rs 15 lakh per pillar. Responding to this, the Chief Minister said that the farmers were being compensated for the loss of crops as per the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885. He also said that the land under the towers in Bathinda district was not acquired because the towers and transmission lines There is no restriction on agricultural works on the land falling under. 

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