Fatehabad: The six-month-old standoff between farmers and the power utilities over the setting up of a 220-KV power substation at Samain village in Fatehabad ended today with both sides signing a “truce” document. After officials of the power utilities conceded some major demands, the farmers agreed to end their opposition to the substation. Haryana Agriculture Minister, Paramvir Singh, who represents the area in the state Assembly, and Deputy Commissioner ML Kaushik, intervened in the negotiations. An official spokesperson said the power utilities had agreed to provide 24-hour supply to Samain village on urban mode from the 11 KV substation. The villagers have agreed to pay their three current bills according to the agreement reached with the authorities and their power meters will be installed outside their houses in future. The power utilities have also agreed to pay Rs 8 lakh per acre to the village panchayat as compensation for the land acquired for the 220 KV power substation. The power utilities have agreed that the issue of old pending bills of the villagers will not affect this agreement. Earlier, the power utilities had maintained that the villagers did not qualify for the 24-hour supply, as many of them had not been paying their power bills for long. Meanwhile, Sube Singh, a leader of the agitating farmers, informed mediapersons on phone that the “truce” was not acceptable to them. He said the farmers wanted direct power supply from the 220 KV substation not only for domestic purpose, but also for their tubewells. He alleged the authorities had engineered an agreement with a handful of farmers as a majority of them, including he, were in Mayyar (Hisar) today in connection with the Jat agitation.