Farmers demand land ownership rights, hold protest
Tuesday, 31/07/2012
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Activists of 17 farmer organisations today held a protest outside the DC office here in support of their demands. The farmers gave a charter of demands to the authorities and announced they would intensify their agitation if their demands were not met.
Kisan Sangharsh Committee chief Satnam Singh Pannu said the government's move to uproot farmers, who had been cultivating land in border area for decades, was unjust. He said the government should give ownership rights to the farmers. It should also provide relief to the farmers who were facing losses due to deficit rainfall, besides redressing power supply related problems.
Various farmer leaders demanded the farmers be given ownership rights of this land and false cases registered against them be withdrawn. They also sought a relief of Rs 5,000 per acre for the farmers on account of drought-like conditions. Their other demands included 10 marla plots for farmers, waiver of power bills for farm labourers, 16-hour uninterrupted power supply, introduction of VDS scheme for increasing load of motors, replacement of damaged transformers and tubewell connections to farmers with less than five acres of land.
