Farmers Movement Archive

Farmers protest over tubewell connections

Hisar: Members of All-India Kisan Sabha staged a dharna outside the office of the general manager of the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) in Hisar on Wednesday, demanding release of connections who have deposited money for tubewell connections without any conditional and waiver of electricity bills of all farmers and labourers. Phool Singh Sheokand, Haryana unit chief of the kisan sabha, presided over the agitation. Dayanand Poonia, secretary of the sabha’s state unit, led the protest. Former MLA Harpal Singh, who is the state general secretary of kisan sabha, said farmers had deposited money to the electricity corporation for tubewell connection about one-and-a-half years ago, but due to the wrong policies of the government, the farmers did not get the connection. The kisan sabha demanded connection for 49,000 farmers. The department assured the leaders of kisan sabha of a meeting with the chief general manager of the electricity corporation within 10 days. The sabha said if a connection is not given to all farmers in a month, then they will start an agitation again. The officials said faulty transformers will be replaced in 12 hours.

The Times of India

2020-06-18

Chandigarh