CUTTACK: Protesting black
marketing of fertilisers and demanding 75 per cent concession in fertiliser
price, the agricultural labourers and farmers of Cuttack district lead by the
All India Khet Majdoor Sangathan (AIKKMS) held demonstration in front of the district
Collector’s office here on Wednesday.
Hundreds of farmers and
agricultural labourers came in a procession starting from Municipality office
to the Collector’s office and organised a protest meeting anti-farmer attitude
of the State Government. Later a memorandum containing a brief note on the 12-point
charter demands was submitted to the district Collector. In their memorandum, they
demanded the Government to provide seeds and agricultural equipments, increasing
of minimum support price of rice to Rs 3,000, irrigation facility to every
farm, pension for farmers, setting up of cold storage in every block and to
stop acquisition of agricultural lands for industrial purpose.
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