Farmers Movement Archive

Farm body to step up e-way protest

Patiala: Farmers who have been protesting against the acquisition of their land for Delhi-Amritsar-Katra expressway, on Saturday held a meeting in Jalandhar and decided to intensify their agitation. Some farmers are already on protest near YPS Chowk in Patiala city. In last week of March, they had blocked the road near YPS Chowk, but cleared it after a meeting was fixed with a cabinet minister for March 30. The farmers claimed that the minister had promised to urge CM Capt Amarinder Singh to take up their demands with the central government and NHAI. “Our meeting with the minister had turned fruitless as the government has given us no response so far. We have not blocked roads and farmers are sitting on roadside in protest, but the protest will be soon intensified. The meeting was held today in this regard and a consensus was reached on intensifying the agitation,” said Delhi-Katra Expressway Kisan Sangharsh Committee (DKEKSC) coordinator Harmanpreet Singh Jeji. He added several farmers of many other highways under state and central government had been protesting along with DKEKSC against the acquisition of their land. He said farmers were demanding that land acquisition process for national highways in Punjab be stopped until the matter of the three farm laws is resolved. He said farmers were demanding Rs 1.5 crore per acre as compensation for their fertile agricultural land.

The Times of India

2021-04-04

Chandigarh