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  • Kisan Mazdoor Mahapanchayat LIVE Updates: 30,000 Punjab Farmers Expected To Arrive In Delhi |

    Hundreds of farmers from Punjab are expected to reach Delhi on Thursday to participate in the “Kisan Mazdoor Mahapanchayat” at Ramlila Maidan. The Delhi Police has granted permission for the farmers to convene the ‘mahapanchayat’ under the stipulation that the attendance does not surpass 5,000 individuals. The police have prohibited the presence of tractor trolleys and restricted them from performing marches at Ramlila Maidan.  

    “Our journey will be on foot from Uchana to Jind, and then we’ll travel by train from Jind to Delhi,” a farmer told ANI. Despite protesting for more than a year and presenting our demands, we have not seen any action from the government. Protestor Suresh Kumar added noting that even after suffering losses from hailstorms, they received no government assistance. As per reports Manjit Dhaner, leader of the BKU (Ekta-Dakaunda) Dhaner group has stated that they anticipate over 30,000 farmers from Punjab to arrive in the capital city.

    09.25 AM: Bhartiya Kisan Union Leader Calls For Accountability 

    Bhartiya Kisan Union (Tikait) leader from Uttar Pradesh, Hoshiyar Singh urged the government to remember the promises made during previous Delhi Protest. “We have come here to remind the government that the promises should be fulfilled, and farmers should be provided apt price of their crops,” he told PTI.

    VIDEO | Kisan Mahapanchayat: “The central government had made some promises during our Delhi protest. However, none of the promises have been fulfilled so far. So, we have come here to remind the government that the promises should be fulfilled, and farmers should be provided apt… pic.twitter.com/vBNn75pF1z
    — Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) March 14, 2024

    09.00 AM: Heavy Turnout Of Farmers At Ramlila Maidan

    Farmers have commenced congregating at Ramlila Maidan. Visuals indicate a significant influx of farmers arriving at the venue, with numerous buses assembled outside the gates. The Mahapanchayat is slated to take place from 11 am to 2:30 pm.

    #BreakingNews: दिल्ली के रामलीला मैदान में आज किसानों की महापंचायत, बड़ी संख्या में मैदान पहुंच रहे किसान#FarmersProtest #KisanAndolan2024 #KisanMahapanchayat #Delhi | @supreetanchor @Nidhijourno @anushkagarg2000 pic.twitter.com/kl2hPKwVxm
    — Zee News (@ZeeNews) March 14, 2024

    08.32 AM: Traffic Advisory For Commuters 

    Several roads including Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, Barakhamba Road, Bahadurshah Zafar Marg, Tolstoy Marg, Asaf Ali Road, Jai Singh Road, Swami Vivekanand Marg, Sansad Marg, Netaji Subhash Marg, Baba Kharag Singh Marg, Minto Road, Ashoka Road, Maharaja Ranjeet Singh flyover, Connaught Circus, Bhavbhuti Marg, DDU Marg, and Chaman Lal Marg are expected to experience disruptions due to a gathering of farmers in Delhi, reported PTI. 

    There are potential traffic diversions at locations such as Delhi Gate, Mir Dard Chowk, Ajmeri Gate Chowk, Guru Nanak Chowk, Kamla Market, Paharganj Chowk, Jhandewalan roundabout, Maharaja Ranjeet Singh flyover from Barakhambha Road to Guru Nanak Chowk, Barakhamba Road, Janpath Road, KG Marg crossing, and the roundabout of GPO (Gol Post Office) starting from 6 am on Thursday. 

    Additionally, commuters traveling towards ISBT, the railway station, or the airport should carefully plan their journeys and allocate sufficient time. 

    A Month Of ‘Delhi Chalo’ March

    The “mahapanchayat” convenes concurrently with separate sit-ins by the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) and the non-political wing of the SKM. These groups have been stationed at Shambhu and Khanauri along the Punjab-Haryana border for a month, following the interruption of their ‘Delhi Chalo’ march by security forces. While the SKM is not actively participating in the ‘Delhi Chalo’ movement, it has offered its backing to these offshoot groups at both locations. 

    The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), comprising 37 farm unions, posited the idea of ‘Mahapanchayat’ during a gathering in Chandigarh on February 22. Subsequently, on March 11, they got approval from both the Delhi Police and municipal corporation for the peaceful assembly. Responding to the call from the SKM, farmers are planning a march on foot from Uchana to Jind, followed by participation in a Mahapanchayat at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan. 

  • Punjab floods: Protesting farmers stopped from continuing to Chandigarh, detained in massive numbers

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    CHANDIGARH: The Haryana police on Tuesday detained farmers at quite a lot of puts whilst they have been continuing to Chandigarh to protest towards the failure of the federal government to provide reimbursement for his or her plants broken in floods.

    The farmers are not easy a package deal of Rs 50,000 crore from the Centre for damages led to through floods within the northern area, together with Punjab. They’re additionally not easy Rs 50,000 according to acre reimbursement for crop loss, Rs 5 lakh for a broken area, and Rs 10 lakh reimbursement for a circle of relatives of an individual who died within the floods.

    The farmers have been stopped at Ambala and several other different puts and detained through the police. Police were deployed in massive numbers at the issues bordering Chandigarh to stop the farmers from coming into town.

    At the Ambala-Chandigarh street, police had arrange barricades at many puts and the automobiles passing via have been being searched.  Additionally, Anti-riot automobiles and a CCTV automobile have been deployed in Rajpura through Punjab Police.

    Farmers had claimed that a number of in their leaders have been detained on Monday in numerous portions of Punjab, whilst some farmers have been additionally held in Ambala and Kurukshetra in Haryana forward in their protest plan.

    The farmers had even laid siege to a few toll plazas in Amritsar and Tarn Taran of Punjab in protest towards the detention in their leaders. Additionally, the farmers resorted to dharna on the toll plaza between Shahkot and Moga. The Sugarcane Sangharsh Samiti and Bhartiya Kisan Union demanded the federal government unlock all of the detained farmer leaders instantly, failing which, they threatened to release an enormous protest.

    Previous on Monday, a farmer died in Sangrur district of Punjab after being run over through a tractor-trolley, whilst 5 policemen have been injured after growers clashed with police over the “detention” of a few farm leaders.

    Members of the family demanded the police at hand over the frame of Pritam Singh who used to be run over on Monday in order that they may be able to transfer it to a medical institution for autopsy. However police declined to handover the frame suspecting {that a} dharna could be staged through the circle of relatives.

    A case has been registered towards farmers on the Longowal police station in Sangrur district for the loss of life of a farmer the day before today night time this has additional agitated the farmers and they would like the case withdrawn.

    16 farm our bodies, together with the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, Bharti Kisan Union (Karanti kari), BKU (Ekta Azaad), Aazaad Kisan Committee, Doaba, BKU (Behramke) and the Bhoomi Bachao Mohim, had given the decision for staging an indication right here to hunt reimbursement for losses led to through floods.

    In the meantime, the Punjab Govt launched Rs 186 crore to the farmers for the lack of their plants in contemporary floods.

    Punjab Earnings, Rehabilitation, and Crisis  Control Minister Bram Shanker Jimpa mentioned that an quantity of greater than Rs. 186 crore to make amends for the crop lack of the farmers of the affected districts because of floods has been launched. He mentioned that advance price range were launched to the Deputy Commissioners of 16 districts of the state from the Herbal Crisis Aid Fund to offer reduction for the crop injury.

    Jimpa mentioned that within the months of July and August, the plants of farmers have been broken because of floods in lots of spaces and a Particular Girdawari has been performed in all of the flood-affected spaces of the state. He mentioned that Leader Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann fulfilled his promise to the flood sufferers on August 15 and initiated the method at hand over cheques of reimbursement.
     

    CHANDIGARH: The Haryana police on Tuesday detained farmers at quite a lot of puts whilst they have been continuing to Chandigarh to protest towards the failure of the federal government to provide reimbursement for his or her plants broken in floods.

    The farmers are not easy a package deal of Rs 50,000 crore from the Centre for damages led to through floods within the northern area, together with Punjab. They’re additionally not easy Rs 50,000 according to acre reimbursement for crop loss, Rs 5 lakh for a broken area, and Rs 10 lakh reimbursement for a circle of relatives of an individual who died within the floods.

    The farmers have been stopped at Ambala and several other different puts and detained through the police. Police were deployed in massive numbers at the issues bordering Chandigarh to stop the farmers from coming into town.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    At the Ambala-Chandigarh street, police had arrange barricades at many puts and the automobiles passing via have been being searched.  Additionally, Anti-riot automobiles and a CCTV automobile have been deployed in Rajpura through Punjab Police.

    Farmers had claimed that a number of in their leaders have been detained on Monday in numerous portions of Punjab, whilst some farmers have been additionally held in Ambala and Kurukshetra in Haryana forward in their protest plan.

    The farmers had even laid siege to a few toll plazas in Amritsar and Tarn Taran of Punjab in protest towards the detention in their leaders. Additionally, the farmers resorted to dharna on the toll plaza between Shahkot and Moga. The Sugarcane Sangharsh Samiti and Bhartiya Kisan Union demanded the federal government unlock all of the detained farmer leaders instantly, failing which, they threatened to release an enormous protest.

    Previous on Monday, a farmer died in Sangrur district of Punjab after being run over through a tractor-trolley, whilst 5 policemen have been injured after growers clashed with police over the “detention” of a few farm leaders.

    Members of the family demanded the police at hand over the frame of Pritam Singh who used to be run over on Monday in order that they may be able to transfer it to a medical institution for autopsy. However police declined to handover the frame suspecting {that a} dharna could be staged through the circle of relatives.

    A case has been registered towards farmers on the Longowal police station in Sangrur district for the loss of life of a farmer the day before today night time this has additional agitated the farmers and they would like the case withdrawn.

    16 farm our bodies, together with the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, Bharti Kisan Union (Karanti kari), BKU (Ekta Azaad), Aazaad Kisan Committee, Doaba, BKU (Behramke) and the Bhoomi Bachao Mohim, had given the decision for staging an indication right here to hunt reimbursement for losses led to through floods.

    In the meantime, the Punjab Govt launched Rs 186 crore to the farmers for the lack of their plants in contemporary floods.

    Punjab Earnings, Rehabilitation, and Crisis  Control Minister Bram Shanker Jimpa mentioned that an quantity of greater than Rs. 186 crore to make amends for the crop lack of the farmers of the affected districts because of floods has been launched. He mentioned that advance price range were launched to the Deputy Commissioners of 16 districts of the state from the Herbal Crisis Aid Fund to offer reduction for the crop injury.

    Jimpa mentioned that within the months of July and August, the plants of farmers have been broken because of floods in lots of spaces and a Particular Girdawari has been performed in all of the flood-affected spaces of the state. He mentioned that Leader Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann fulfilled his promise to the flood sufferers on August 15 and initiated the method at hand over cheques of reimbursement.
     

  • Punjab floods: Protesting farmers stopped from continuing to Chandigarh, detained 

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    CHANDIGARH: The Haryana police on Tuesday detained farmers at more than a few puts whilst they have been continuing to Chandigarh to protest in opposition to the failure of the federal government to supply reimbursement for his or her plants broken in floods.

    The farmers are challenging a package deal of Rs 50,000 crore from the Centre for damages led to by means of floods within the northern area, together with Punjab. They’re additionally challenging Rs 50,000 consistent with acre reimbursement for crop loss, Rs 5 lakh for a broken area, and Rs 10 lakh reimbursement for a circle of relatives of an individual who died within the floods.

    The farmers have been stopped at Ambala and several other different puts and detained by means of the police. Police had been deployed in huge numbers at the issues bordering Chandigarh to stop the farmers from getting into town.

    At the Ambala-Chandigarh highway, police had arrange barricades at many puts and the cars passing via have been being searched.  Additionally, Anti-riot cars and a CCTV car have been deployed in Rajpura by means of Punjab Police.

    Farmers had claimed that a number of in their leaders have been detained on Monday in numerous portions of Punjab, whilst some farmers have been additionally held in Ambala and Kurukshetra in Haryana forward in their protest plan.

    The farmers had even laid siege to a few toll plazas in Amritsar and Tarn Taran of Punjab in protest in opposition to the detention in their leaders. Additionally, the farmers resorted to dharna on the toll plaza between Shahkot and Moga. The Sugarcane Sangharsh Samiti and Bhartiya Kisan Union demanded the federal government free up the entire detained farmer leaders straight away, failing which, they threatened to release an enormous protest.

    Previous on Monday, a farmer died in Sangrur district of Punjab after being run over by means of a tractor-trolley, whilst 5 policemen have been injured after growers clashed with police over the “detention” of a few farm leaders.

    Members of the family demanded the police handy over the frame of Pritam Singh who was once run over on Monday in order that they may be able to transfer it to a health center for autopsy. However police declined to handover the frame suspecting {that a} dharna can be staged by means of the circle of relatives.

    A case has been registered in opposition to farmers on the Longowal police station in Sangrur district for the loss of life of a farmer the previous day night this has additional agitated the farmers and they would like the case withdrawn.

    16 farm our bodies, together with the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, Bharti Kisan Union (Karanti kari), BKU (Ekta Azaad), Aazaad Kisan Committee, Doaba, BKU (Behramke) and the Bhoomi Bachao Mohim, had given the decision for staging an illustration right here to hunt reimbursement for losses led to by means of floods.

    In the meantime, the Punjab Govt launched Rs 186 crore to the farmers for the lack of their plants in contemporary floods.

    Punjab Income, Rehabilitation, and Crisis  Control Minister Bram Shanker Jimpa stated that an quantity of greater than Rs. 186 crore to atone for the crop lack of the farmers of the affected districts because of floods has been launched. He stated that advance price range had been launched to the Deputy Commissioners of 16 districts of the state from the Herbal Crisis Reduction Fund to offer aid for the crop injury.

    Jimpa stated that within the months of July and August, the plants of farmers have been broken because of floods in lots of spaces and a Particular Girdawari has been performed in the entire flood-affected spaces of the state. He stated that Leader Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann fulfilled his promise to the flood sufferers on August 15 and initiated the method handy over cheques of reimbursement.
     

    CHANDIGARH: The Haryana police on Tuesday detained farmers at more than a few puts whilst they have been continuing to Chandigarh to protest in opposition to the failure of the federal government to supply reimbursement for his or her plants broken in floods.

    The farmers are challenging a package deal of Rs 50,000 crore from the Centre for damages led to by means of floods within the northern area, together with Punjab. They’re additionally challenging Rs 50,000 consistent with acre reimbursement for crop loss, Rs 5 lakh for a broken area, and Rs 10 lakh reimbursement for a circle of relatives of an individual who died within the floods.

    The farmers have been stopped at Ambala and several other different puts and detained by means of the police. Police had been deployed in huge numbers at the issues bordering Chandigarh to stop the farmers from getting into town.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    At the Ambala-Chandigarh highway, police had arrange barricades at many puts and the cars passing via have been being searched.  Additionally, Anti-riot cars and a CCTV car have been deployed in Rajpura by means of Punjab Police.

    Farmers had claimed that a number of in their leaders have been detained on Monday in numerous portions of Punjab, whilst some farmers have been additionally held in Ambala and Kurukshetra in Haryana forward in their protest plan.

    The farmers had even laid siege to a few toll plazas in Amritsar and Tarn Taran of Punjab in protest in opposition to the detention in their leaders. Additionally, the farmers resorted to dharna on the toll plaza between Shahkot and Moga. The Sugarcane Sangharsh Samiti and Bhartiya Kisan Union demanded the federal government free up the entire detained farmer leaders straight away, failing which, they threatened to release an enormous protest.

    Previous on Monday, a farmer died in Sangrur district of Punjab after being run over by means of a tractor-trolley, whilst 5 policemen have been injured after growers clashed with police over the “detention” of a few farm leaders.

    Members of the family demanded the police handy over the frame of Pritam Singh who was once run over on Monday in order that they may be able to transfer it to a health center for autopsy. However police declined to handover the frame suspecting {that a} dharna can be staged by means of the circle of relatives.

    A case has been registered in opposition to farmers on the Longowal police station in Sangrur district for the loss of life of a farmer the previous day night this has additional agitated the farmers and they would like the case withdrawn.

    16 farm our bodies, together with the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, Bharti Kisan Union (Karanti kari), BKU (Ekta Azaad), Aazaad Kisan Committee, Doaba, BKU (Behramke) and the Bhoomi Bachao Mohim, had given the decision for staging an illustration right here to hunt reimbursement for losses led to by means of floods.

    In the meantime, the Punjab Govt launched Rs 186 crore to the farmers for the lack of their plants in contemporary floods.

    Punjab Income, Rehabilitation, and Crisis  Control Minister Bram Shanker Jimpa stated that an quantity of greater than Rs. 186 crore to atone for the crop lack of the farmers of the affected districts because of floods has been launched. He stated that advance price range had been launched to the Deputy Commissioners of 16 districts of the state from the Herbal Crisis Reduction Fund to offer aid for the crop injury.

    Jimpa stated that within the months of July and August, the plants of farmers have been broken because of floods in lots of spaces and a Particular Girdawari has been performed in the entire flood-affected spaces of the state. He stated that Leader Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann fulfilled his promise to the flood sufferers on August 15 and initiated the method handy over cheques of reimbursement.
     

  • Punjab CM slams Centre for slashing rural construction fund & marketplace charge on foodgrains

    By means of PTI

    CHANDIGARH: Punjab Leader Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday slammed the BJP-led executive on the Centre for its resolution to scale back the agricultural construction fund (RDF) in addition to the marketplace charge on foodgrains, bold the “new BJP leaders” to absorb the problem with the top minister.

    Mann mentioned the BJP’s “anti-Punjab and anti-farmer” face has been uncovered.

    “In spite of our efforts, the marketplace charge has been diminished from 3 consistent with cent to two consistent with cent and RDF from 3 consistent with cent to 0 consistent with cent on this Rabi season — Punjab will lose Rs 250 crore in marketplace charge and Rs 750 crore in RDF, (which is a) overall Rs 1,000 crore,” he tweeted.

    “Captain (Amarinder Singh), (Sunil) Jakhar, Manpreet Badal, Bains brothers (Simarjeet Singh Bains, Balwinder Bains), Rana (Gurmit Singh) Sodhi, (Gurpreet Singh) Kangar, Fateh Jung Bajwa, Inder (Iqbal Singh) Atwal, who turned into new BJP individuals, do they have got the braveness to absorb this subject with Modi ji???” he added.

    Former leader minister Amarinder Singh, Sunil Jakhar, Manpreet Singh Badal, Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi, Gurpreet Singh Kangar, Fateh Jung Bajwa had joined the BJP after quitting the Congress.

    In a similar way, Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal, who’s the BJP candidate for the Might 10 Jalandhar Lok Sabha bypoll, shifted to the saffron birthday celebration from the Shiromani Akali Dal.

    Lok Insaaf Birthday party leader Simarjeet Bains has introduced to improve the BJP within the Jalandhar bypoll.

    Punjab levies 3 consistent with cent each and every RDF and marketplace charge at the minimal improve value of wheat and paddy.

    Later in a remark, Leader Minister Mann mentioned the AAP leaders had been asking the Centre to transparent the pending RDF cost. “This cash is used for the improvement of rural spaces of the state. However the BJP-led central executive stored denying Punjab its cash, and now on best of that, this Rabi season they diminished marketplace charge and robbed Punjab of some other Rs 250 crore,” he mentioned.

    “The Modi executive has been running towards Punjab and its farmers as a result of its defeat right through the farmers’ motion. Lately, the Centre has once more proven its bitterness against Punjab and the farmers via overtly refusing to provide Rs 1,000 crore to the state,” alleged Mann.

    He mentioned the Modi executive will have to know that Punjab and the state’s farmers have made the rustic meals enough. “However in go back what has the Centre ever achieved for Punjab and our farmers,” he requested.

    The Punjab executive has been not easy Rs 3,000 crore of pending RDF from the Centre.

    CHANDIGARH: Punjab Leader Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday slammed the BJP-led executive on the Centre for its resolution to scale back the agricultural construction fund (RDF) in addition to the marketplace charge on foodgrains, bold the “new BJP leaders” to absorb the problem with the top minister.

    Mann mentioned the BJP’s “anti-Punjab and anti-farmer” face has been uncovered.

    “In spite of our efforts, the marketplace charge has been diminished from 3 consistent with cent to two consistent with cent and RDF from 3 consistent with cent to 0 consistent with cent on this Rabi season — Punjab will lose Rs 250 crore in marketplace charge and Rs 750 crore in RDF, (which is a) overall Rs 1,000 crore,” he tweeted.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );

    “Captain (Amarinder Singh), (Sunil) Jakhar, Manpreet Badal, Bains brothers (Simarjeet Singh Bains, Balwinder Bains), Rana (Gurmit Singh) Sodhi, (Gurpreet Singh) Kangar, Fateh Jung Bajwa, Inder (Iqbal Singh) Atwal, who turned into new BJP individuals, do they have got the braveness to absorb this subject with Modi ji???” he added.

    Former leader minister Amarinder Singh, Sunil Jakhar, Manpreet Singh Badal, Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi, Gurpreet Singh Kangar, Fateh Jung Bajwa had joined the BJP after quitting the Congress.

    In a similar way, Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal, who’s the BJP candidate for the Might 10 Jalandhar Lok Sabha bypoll, shifted to the saffron birthday celebration from the Shiromani Akali Dal.

    Lok Insaaf Birthday party leader Simarjeet Bains has introduced to improve the BJP within the Jalandhar bypoll.

    Punjab levies 3 consistent with cent each and every RDF and marketplace charge at the minimal improve value of wheat and paddy.

    Later in a remark, Leader Minister Mann mentioned the AAP leaders had been asking the Centre to transparent the pending RDF cost. “This cash is used for the improvement of rural spaces of the state. However the BJP-led central executive stored denying Punjab its cash, and now on best of that, this Rabi season they diminished marketplace charge and robbed Punjab of some other Rs 250 crore,” he mentioned.

    “The Modi executive has been running towards Punjab and its farmers as a result of its defeat right through the farmers’ motion. Lately, the Centre has once more proven its bitterness against Punjab and the farmers via overtly refusing to provide Rs 1,000 crore to the state,” alleged Mann.

    He mentioned the Modi executive will have to know that Punjab and the state’s farmers have made the rustic meals enough. “However in go back what has the Centre ever achieved for Punjab and our farmers,” he requested.

    The Punjab executive has been not easy Rs 3,000 crore of pending RDF from the Centre.

  • ‘Will stir if calls for no longer met’: Farmer leaders to fulfill Punjab executive on Would possibly 10 over energy cuts

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    CHANDIGARH: Unsatisfied over the new energy cuts, farmers in Punjab had been protested for ultimate
    few days around the state.

    Now a gathering has been scheduled between the farmer union leaders and Punjab executive on Would possibly 10 to figure out a ‘answer’ and if calls for no longer met then large protest on Would possibly 17. Ahead of that assembly farmers leaders might be going to Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh on Would possibly 4 to get justice for households of ‘martyred’ farmers.

    Senior Samyukt Kisan Morcha chief and BKU (Lakhowal)-Punjab normal secretary Punjab Harinder Singh Lakhowal mentioned that the state executive has despatched them a letter the day gone by that they wish to meet the entire twenty two farmers unions leaders of the SKM on Would possibly 10 and the assembly might be held at Chandigarh as it’ll be chaired via Punjab Energy Minister Harbhajan Singh.

    Punjab State Energy Company Restricted (PSPCL) CMD Baldev Singh Sran and different officers can be provide. “We will be able to be attending this assembly with them. We have now been hard that uninterrupted energy provide for no less than 8 hours for tube wells and twenty 4 hours provide for home connections as now because the paddy sowing has to start out from Would possibly 20 and we would like uninterrupted energy provide. At this time we getting two to 3 hours energy provide for our tube wells and 8 to 10 hours energy cuts in villages,” he mentioned.

    He mentioned that for ultimate 5 years 1000’s energy connections for tube wells are pending because the farmers have given their programs have paid cash as safety deposit to PSPCL and in addition call for notices had been issued however until date no connections had been given so those connections will have to be realised with quick impact.

    “Additionally the costs fees for expanding load of tube smartly motors will have to be decreased from Rs 4,700 in step with horse energy to Rs 1,200 in step with horse energy as previous it used to be Rs 1,200 handiest after which larger, thus farmers will then follow to extend the ability load of the motors put in via them,” mentioned Lakhowal.

    He additionally demanded that PSPCL will have to perform common repairs of energy strains and building up load of transformers to present uninterrupted energy provide and recruit body of workers as there’s body of workers scarcity within the energy company.

    “We have now been elevating those problems with the PSPCL annually however they have got been pronouncing that they’re going to communicate to the federal government thus all our problems had been all the time put at the again burner as no determination used to be taken. This time we informed them that the ability minister and executive officers even be provide within the assembly so
    that selections may well be taken on the earliest,” mentioned Lakhowal.

    He mentioned the SKM delegation met Leader Minister Bhagwant Mann on April 17 after which he had confident the union leaders {that a} bonus can be given on low yield of wheat and gear provide can be ensured. He added that Mann had additionally confident to supply MSP on ‘moongi’, maize and basmati.

    “If our calls for relating to energy provide and MSP aren’t  fulfilled via the state executive then the SKM will degree a large protest on Would possibly 17 at Chandigarh,” he mentioned. The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) will go away for Lakhimpur Kheri on Would possibly 4 from the state.

    “The contributors of the SKM from different states Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan would additionally succeed in Lakhimpur and can meet the households of sufferer farmers. On Would possibly 5, they are going to dangle a gathering with the Lakhimpur Kheri management and search justice for the households of the ‘martyred’ farmers,” he mentioned.