Ferozepur, Sept. 13 -- SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday slammed the Punjab government's announcement of Rs.20,000 per acre compensation for crop loss, terming it a "cruel joke on the annadata (farmers)." He demanded a complete loan waiver for flood-hit farmers and labourers, besides adequate support for livestock and damaged houses. During a visit to flood-affected villages in Fazilka, Ferozepur rural and urban constituencies, Sukhbir interacted with farmers cultivating land close to the zero line. At Maujam chowki, he assured them he would take up their demand for a protective bundh with the Union ministry of defence to safeguard their fields from recurring floods. HTC...