10
Apr
Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Friday met Union Food and Public Distribution Minister Pralhad Joshi in New Delhi and secured key relief measures for farmers and mandis, with the Centre agreeing to run special trains to lift 155 lakh metric tonnes of foodgrains lying in Punjab and ease the state’s acute storage crisis ahead of the Rabi Marketing Season. Alongside this immediate intervention, CM Bhagwant Singh Mann pressed for resolution of structural issues burdening Punjab, including higher Cash Credit interest rates, ₹9,000 crore pending under the Rural Development Fund, compensation for hailstorm-hit crops, and long-pending…