Farmers Movement Archive

Farmers gherao Ludhiana DC office

Tribune News ServiceLudhiana, December 29Protesting against the state government’s condition regard crop damage compensation, farmers associated with the BKU Ekta Ugrahan gheraoed the Deputy Commissioner (DC) office on Wednesday.The visitors and employees faced inconveniences amid protest by the farmers. The protesters also gheraoed the parking area where the vehicle of the DC is parked.Saudagar Singh Ghudani of the BKU Etka Ugrahan said they gheraoed the office from 1 pm to 5:30 pm today and will gherao the DC office on Thursday too. He said they are opposing the state government decision of limiting crop damage compensation up to five acres.The farmers have argued that the crop of any farmer can exceed five acres, due to which they are protesting against the government’s move of fixing a limit of up to five acres for crop damage compensation. Despite the protests, the government is yet to roll back its decision, they said.During the protest, the farmers raised slogans against the Punjab Government, demanding full compensation for crops destroyed by natural calamities and abolition of the condition regarding a limit of up to five acres.The protesting farmers said the government should release full crop damage compensation to the farmers at the earliest and ensure implementation of the demands that have already been accepted. They said the agitation will be intensified if the government fails to accept their demands.The farmers have also been demanding from the government to provide compensation and jobs to kin of ‘shaheed’ farmers, who lost lives during the kisan andolan. They are also demanding from the government to waive debts of the farmers and labourers, provide jobs to the unemployed youth and weed out the drug menace from Punjab.The farmers have been staging protests outside the DC office since December 20.

The Tribune

2021-12-30