And this is not all. The ambitious farmers information centre (FIC) also appears to have run into rough weather in certain places.

Sources claimed that the FICs have been found to have developed snags. The online information centres were aimed at keeping farmers abreast about the overall cotton scenario, including the pricing, arrival and lifting of cotton in different markets of the state.

The FIC kiosk in Bathinda is lying cold in a corner of the Mandi Board office, with officials claiming that they have been repeatedly requesting the officials concerned to fix the problem.

Dr Sanjeev Paswan, the representative of Electronics Corporation of India Limited, which is behind the FIC project, however, claimed that barring a couple of places, the FICs were running fine.

“We have already fixed problems in Bathinda FIC thrice. There appears to be a major technical fault. We would sort that out soon,” said Dr Paswan.