Chakka jam across Wardha in support of farmers’ protest
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Title
Chakka jam across Wardha in support of farmers’ protest
Description
Wardha: In support of the farmers’ agitation in Delhi, farmers outfit of the district staged chakka jam at three places — Nagpur-Wardha highway at Pavnar, Nagpur- Hyderabad national highway at Hinganghat and Nagpur-Amravati highway at Talegaon on Saturday. Farmers have been agitating since last 53 days in the district in support. Taking national flags, farmers demanded repeal of the three farm laws. Due to chakka jam at Pavnar, traffic was affected for half an hour. Police detained leaders of Kisan Andolan Samanavy Samiti including Avinash Kakade, Sudhir Pangul, Manoj Chandurkar, Yashwant Zade, Milind Mohad, and hundreds of others. On Saturday, three minsters were on district tour — Union road transport minister Nitin Gadkari, district guardian minister Sunil Kedar and state minister Bachu Kadu. At Talegaon, former Congress MLA Amar Kade led the agitation and staged chakka jam for half an hour while some other farmer organizations led the agitation at Hinganghat where traffic on national highway was affected for half an hour.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2021-02-07
Coverage
Nagpur