KMSC farmers move their agitation to toll plazas, entry to Govt offices blocked
Chandigarh, December 15: Farmers under the banner of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee on Thursday intensified their protest against the Punjab and central government for ‘ignoring demands’. KMSC has been demonstrating protest outside all the DC offices of Punjab for the last 19 days but they allege that authorities have not paid any heed to them. According to the strategy decided by the farmers, they will protest at 18 toll plazas across 11 districts of the state.
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Pandher said that the government had promised him that farmers would be compensated at the rate of Rs 17,000 per acre in case of crop loss, but now the government is backing away from that too. The government has made criteria ranging from Rs 5400 per acre to Rs 12 thousand per acre for compensation of crop loss.
- PTC NEWS
