Farmers sought support from shopkeepers by closing the market

[ad_1]

Hanumangarh : In the area, the farmers sitting on the district collectorate got the market closed on Saturday morning by staging a protest for the demand of 1250 cusecs of water in the canals of Bhakra. On this occasion, he sought cooperation from the shopkeepers for irrigation water and urged them to cooperate in the bandh. Accepting the request, some shopkeepers kept their shops closed and some shopkeepers were not affected.

The representatives of farmer organizations had decided to close the market on Friday due to the agitation that the market should be closed from 9 am to 12 noon on Saturday.

Hanumangarh district president of Bharatiya Kisan Union Tikait, Resham Singh Manuka and Sriganganagar district president Sandeep Singh and GKS convenor Ranjit Singh Raju said that the irrigation department has cheated the farmers of Bhakra region. In the agitation held on May 1, the officials of the Irrigation Department had said that water would come in the canals of Bhakra by May 4 or 5, but despite today being May 13, the canals of Bhakra are dry. He said that this Mahapadav will continue till the water does not come in the canals of Bhakra.