Farmers Protest March HIGHLIGHTS: Agitation Paused, Barricades Removed As Farmers Give 7-Day Ultimatum To Govt
Farmers Protest March HIGHLIGHTS: The five demands include the allocation of 10 per cent plots and 64.7 per cent increased compensation under the old acquisition law.
Background
Farmers Protest March HIGHLIGHTS: Farmers on tractors and on foot began their march from Noida to the Parliament complex in Delhi on Monday, leading to massive traffic jam on the Delhi-Noida border. Delhi Police and Gautam Buddh Nagar Police have put up barriers on the Noida-Delhi border points to prevent the farmers from marching into the national capital. Bhartiya Kisan Parishad leader Sukhbir Khalifa on Sunday announced that the farmer organisation's members will begin their march around noon today. The march will begin near the Mahamaya flyover and will move towards Delhi on foot and tractors.
The five demands include the allocation of 10 per cent plots and 64.7 per cent increased compensation under the old acquisition law, four times the market rate compensation and 20 per cent plots should be given on the land acquired after January 1, 2014. Further, children of landless farmers should be given the benefit of employment and rehabilitation. Other demands are for government orders on the issues passed by the High Power Committee and proper settlement of the populated areas should be done.
All types of goods vehicles will be restricted on the route from Yamuna Expressway to Delhi via Noida-Greater Noida Expressway and from Sirsa to Surajpur via Pari Chowk. Meanwhile, the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) and the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM, non-political) have also planned foot marches towards Delhi from December 6. These farmers have been camping at the Shambhu and Khanauri border points between Punjab and Haryana since February 13, after security forces stopped their march to Delhi.
Watch this space for all updates on the protest march and the traffic situation in Delhi and Noida.
Farmers, who have been seeking a legal guarantee on the MSP, have been camping at the Shambhu and Khanauri border points since February 13.
The protesting farmers had attempted to march towards Delhi on February 13 and February 21 but were stopped by the security forces deployed at the capital's borders. A panel of then Union ministers Arjun Munda, Piyush Goyal and Nityanand Rai held talks with the farmer representatives on February 18. The farmers had then rejected the Centre's proposal of buying pulses, maize and cotton at the MSP by government agencies for five years.
Farmers Protest March Live Updates: Agitation Paused, Barricades Removed As Farmers Give 7-Day Ultimatum To Govt
Barricades started being removed from the Noida-Delhi border and the road to Rashtriya Dalit Prerna Sthal is now being opened. A 7-day ultimatum has been given by the farmer organisations to the administration to get their demands accepted. Farmer leaders say that the administration had asked for 7 days which has been given.
Partial dharna will continue at Dalit Prerna Sthal for 7 days. If no solution is found within the week, then the farmer organisations will again march to Delhi.
Farmers Protest March Live Updates: Noida Admin assures farmers their demands will be conveyed to UP Chief Secretary, agitation likely to end soon
The district administration and the officials of Noida Authority and Yamuna Authority assured the farmer leaders that their demands are being conveyed to the Chief Secretary of UP, but till then the farmers should move away from the road and go to Dalit Prerna Sthal.
The farmer leaders have accepted this and have gone inside Dalit Prerna Sthal.
The farmer leaders are also appealing to the farmers to move away from the road and go inside Dalit Prerna Sthal so that the Greater Noida Expressway traffic starts smoothly.
The officials say that in a short while the barricades will be removed and the traffic will be opened. (Ahmed Bilal)
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