MAGWAY DIVISION – Gangaw Township based Gangaw PDF (People’s Defence Force) has been helping the local farmers with the harvest of sesame, stated the Gangaw PDF representative.
The soldiers of Gangaw District Battalion 12 have been doing their best to help the farmers who are facing difficulties to harvest their crops due to expensive labour costs and scarcity of workers.
Mr. Thar Zin, the representative of Gangaw PDF said, “We have been helping for around two weeks. The harvest is still ongoing. We are helping without asking for compensation. Some farmers cannot afford to hire workers. Our comrades in the rear are helping those farmers.”
Gangaw PDF is said to have helped harvest around 15 acres of sesame fields and a farmer said that the PDF soldiers helped them for free.
“Harvesting sesame requires a lot of work. As the labour rate is high and workers are hard to find right now, the PDF members helping for free was a big help,” said the farmer.
Members of Gangaw PDF have been helping the locals with agriculture works whenever the military situation calms down.