Farmers Movement Archive

Farmers block highway over crop loan demand

Yavatmal: Members of Kisan Sabha and unemployed youths from Mahagaon and Umarkhed tehsils of Yavatmal staged a rasta roko on Nagpur-Tulzapur national highway on Saturday at village Mudana to press for their demands. They were demanding fresh crop loan from banks on par with State Bank of India after taking an undertaking from eligible farmers.DB Naik, Devidas Mohakar and Arjun Rathod led the protest. The protest led to traffic snarl on the highway. The protest was called off after senior bank officials met the agitators and reportedly promised to solve their problems by Monday. Earlier, women protested by begging in front of Union Bank of India’s Mudana branch and Central Bank branch at Fulsavangi village. A few days ago, a farmer’s delegation led by farm activist Manish Jadhav had met with RDC Lalitkumar Warhade to demand immediate survey for damage caused to soyabean crop due to heavy rain in July and September. Taking cognisance of a TOI report, guardian minister Sanjay Rathod had ordered the district administration and agriculture department to start the survey immediately and submit a report to the state government for necessary action to grant compensation to affected farmers. The minister on Saturday toured Madkona village and inspected damage caused to soyabean crop at farm of one Dinesh Gothe. He promised to take up the issue in the cabinet meeting scheduled on Wednesday. The minister also pointed out that similar situation was prevailing in Amravati, Buldhana and Wardha districts. The minister also visited the ‘Poly house’ of farmer Sachin Jirapure where he is growing flowers that are sent to Nagpur, Yavatmal and Amravati. He earns Rs12,000 per day from the flowers. The minister urged farmers to follow Jirapure and adopt modern technology to increase their income.

The Times of India

2020-09-27

Nagpur