Punjab Farmers Block Rail Tracks To Protest Against Centre’s Value Cut On Broken Wheat Grains. In Pics

Several farmer organisations, notably the Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) and the Bharti Kisan Union (Lakhowal), have declared that they will block train tracks.

Punjab Farmers Protest.

As part of their four-hour 'rail roko' protest against the price reduction issued by the Centre on broken and shrivelled wheat grains as a result of unseasonably wet weather, farmers in Punjab occupied a number of railway tracks around the state. (Source: AFP)

Sukhdev Singh Kokrikalan, general secretary of the BKU (Ekta Ugrahan), said on Tuesday that farmers have returned to the "rail roko" protest against the Centre for imposing a value decrease on shrivelled and broken wheat grains for procurement. He referred to the government's action as "anti-farmer." (Source: AFP)

Protesters occupied train tracks at Ludhiana, Amritsar, Bathinda, Ferozepur, Sangrur, Fazilka, Gurdaspur, and Tarn Taran, among other places. Protesting farmers even set up tents on train lines in some instances. (Source: AFP)

The value reduction will not apply to wheat with a lustre loss of up to 10%, but a value cut of Rs 5.31 per quintal on a flat basis will be subtracted from wheat with a lustre loss of 10% to 80%. (Source: AFP)

Numerous trains were delayed as a result of the protest, which also annoyed passengers. (Source: AFP)

Several farmer organisations, notably the Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) and the Bharti Kisan Union (Lakhowal), had stated that they would block train tracks from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Source: AFP)