Skip to content
Hindi News, हिंदी समाचार, Samachar, Breaking News, Latest Khabar – Pratirodh

Hindi News, हिंदी समाचार, Samachar, Breaking News, Latest Khabar – Pratirodh

Primary Menu Hindi News, हिंदी समाचार, Samachar, Breaking News, Latest Khabar – Pratirodh

Hindi News, हिंदी समाचार, Samachar, Breaking News, Latest Khabar – Pratirodh

  • Home
  • Newswires
  • Politics & Society
  • The New Feudals
  • World View
  • Arts And Aesthetics
  • For The Record
  • About Us
  • Featured

Punjab Farmers’ Group Holds Protests At Toll Plazas Across State

Dec 15, 2022 | Pratirodh Bureau

FILE PHOTO: Farmers from Punjab, Haryana and other places conducted a 'mahapanchayat' at Jantar Mantar in Delhi in August 2022 (PTI)

(Source: PTI)

Punjab’s farmers’ body on Thursday intensified their protest at several toll plazas in the state against the Punjab government for ignoring their demands.

The Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) gave a call for holding protests at 18 toll plazas in the state for a month beginning Thursday, to press the state government to accept their various demands, including farm debt waiver, remunerative prices for their crops and compensation for damage to crops.

During their protest, farmers will not allow the fee to be deducted for any vehicle passing through the toll plazas, KMSC General Secretary Sarwan Singh Pandher said, adding that they are free for commuters in the state till January 15.

He alleged an apathetic attitude of the state government towards the issues of farmers. Pandher further said they will ensure that the employees of toll plazas get their salary for this month. He further said they will also not let the toll plaza operators raise toll charges.

The toll plazas are located in Amritsar, Hoshiarpur, Tarn Taran, Pathankot, Ferozepur, Fazilka, Moga, Jalandhar and Kapurthala.

Pandher said farmers owing allegiance to the KMSC earlier held protests at the deputy commissioner’s offices in the nine districts but their demands were ignored.

The KMSC has also threatened to make more toll plazas free in the coming days if the state government did not accept their demands.

On December 7, Punjab Agriculture Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal urged representatives of the KMSC to withdraw their protest, assuring them that the state government was striving to resolve the issues of growers.

Meanwhile, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)-affiliated Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), a farmers’ organisation, on Thursday said it would take out a national level ‘Kisan Garjana’ protest march in Delhi on December 19 to seek various relief measures for the cultivators to improve their condition.

BKS’ executive committee member Nana Aakhre said in a release that farmers, who provide food grains, vegetables, fruits, milk, etc, are “very disappointed” today due to lack of returns to their farm produce, and are committing suicide due to it.

“In order to address the woes of the farmers, the BKS demands profitable prices on all the farm produce. Also, Goods and Services Tax (GST) should not be levied on the farm produce and the financial relief provided under the Kisan Samman Nidhi should be increased,” it said.

On December 9, scores of farmers affiliated to the All India Kisan Congress on Friday gathered at the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi to demand a legal guarantee for MSP and compensation for the kin of farmers killed in last year’s agitation against the Centre’s three farm laws.

The Congress’ unit for farmers also accused the BJP-led central government of not cooperating with farmers and reneging on its promises made to them following which, the year-long stir at Delhi borders was suspended. The contentious farm laws were scrapped by Parliament in November last year.

Tags: Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, Pratirodh, Punjab, Punjab farmers

Continue Reading

Previous ‘Messi’ah Of Millions: Indian Fans Await Messi’s ‘2011 Tendulkar Moment’
Next Indian Student At Cambridge Solves Ancient Sanskrit Puzzle

More Stories

  • Featured

‘Fraud Cannot Be Obfuscated By Nationalism’

12 mins ago Pratirodh Bureau
  • Featured

Doomsday Clock Is At 90 Secs To Midnight

7 hours ago Pratirodh Bureau
  • Featured

Human Activity Degraded Over 3rd Of Amazon Forest: Study

7 hours ago Pratirodh Bureau

Recent Posts

  • ‘Fraud Cannot Be Obfuscated By Nationalism’
  • Doomsday Clock Is At 90 Secs To Midnight
  • Human Activity Degraded Over 3rd Of Amazon Forest: Study
  • Kashmir’s Nourishing Karewas Crumble Under Infrastructure Burden
  • Sprawling Kolkata Faced With A Tall Order For A Sustainable Future
  • Indian Economy Yet To Revive From Effects Of Pandemic: CPI (M)
  • New Pipelines Will Fragment Assam’s Protected Forests: Environmentalists
  • The Role Of Urban Foraging In Building Climate-Resilient Food Systems
  • Now, A ‘Private’ Sainik School Linked To RSS?
  • About 3,000 Tech Employees Being Fired A Day On Average In Jan
  • War Veteran Doctor, ‘Rasna’ Creator Are Among Padma Awardees
  • Black Days Ahead If Coal City Doesn’t Change
  • US Firm Alleges ‘Brazen’ Fraud By Adani, Who Calls It Malicious
  • Why Ukraine War Today Is So Different From A Year Ago
  • No Screening Of BBC Docu At JNU As Power, Internet Cut
  • Shielding The Hijol From Climate Impacts
  • Bilkis Bano’s Plea Against Convicts’ Remission Could Not Be Heard In SC
  • NDRF To Station Permanent Teams In Hills For Rescue Operations
  • Thousands Of Indian IT Professionals Jobless In The US
  • How Solar-Powered Refrigerators Slow Down Climate Change

Search

Main Links

  • Home
  • Newswires
  • Politics & Society
  • The New Feudals
  • World View
  • Arts And Aesthetics
  • For The Record
  • About Us

Related Stroy

  • Featured

‘Fraud Cannot Be Obfuscated By Nationalism’

12 mins ago Pratirodh Bureau
  • Featured

Doomsday Clock Is At 90 Secs To Midnight

7 hours ago Pratirodh Bureau
  • Featured

Human Activity Degraded Over 3rd Of Amazon Forest: Study

7 hours ago Pratirodh Bureau
  • Featured

Kashmir’s Nourishing Karewas Crumble Under Infrastructure Burden

2 days ago Shalini
  • Featured

Sprawling Kolkata Faced With A Tall Order For A Sustainable Future

2 days ago Pratirodh Bureau

Recent Posts

  • ‘Fraud Cannot Be Obfuscated By Nationalism’
  • Doomsday Clock Is At 90 Secs To Midnight
  • Human Activity Degraded Over 3rd Of Amazon Forest: Study
  • Kashmir’s Nourishing Karewas Crumble Under Infrastructure Burden
  • Sprawling Kolkata Faced With A Tall Order For A Sustainable Future
Copyright © All rights reserved. | CoverNews by AF themes.