Farmers Movement Archive

Terai farmers shut toll plaza on NH-74 in protest

Rudrapur/Roorkee: To protest against the recently-enacted farm laws, farmers of the Terai region in Uttarakhand shut the toll plaza on National Highway-74 near Kichha on Saturday noon, letting the vehicles cross without paying the duty. The farmers also held a rally on the stretch and demanded the rolling back of the three contentious laws. In a public meeting held at the toll plaza, farmers’ leader Ganesh Upadhyay said that the unnecessary laws are being imposed by the Modi government to benefit a handful of industrialists. The closure led to a huge loss for the toll plaza operators as thousands of vehicles cross the Kichha Toll Plaza on this route everyday. Meanwhile, the farmers were adamant that the protests would continue in a similar way until the government fulfills their demands. Meanwhile, local farmers, under the banner of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), on Saturday hindered traffic movements at a toll plaza in Bhagwanpur near Roorkee on NH-73 (Roorkee-Saharanpur) to protest against the farm laws. The traffic remained disrupted for an hour until the police pacified the situation. Later, the agitating farmers gave a memorandum, addressed to the Prime Minister, to police.

The Times of India

2020-12-13

Dehradun