Farmers’ Protest Day 3: Prices of Vegetables Soar, Milk Supply Hit in Several Cities
According to a report by PTI, 5,862 litres of milk reached Vita Milk plant in Ambala City on Saturday against a daily average of 76,000 litres of milk due to the protest.
New Delhi, June 3: As the farmers’ stir entered the third day on Sunday, prices of vegetables spiked in several cities while the supply of milk was largely hit. In wake of the protest, farmers in Punjab and Haryana continued to dump their produce on roads instead of supplying their produce to mandis. The 10-day agitation by farmers against the alleged anti-farmer policies of the central government began on Friday.
According to a report by PTI, 5,862 litres of milk reached Vita Milk plant in Ambala City on Saturday against a daily average of 76,000 litres of milk due to the protest.
Farmers are holding the protest under the banner of Kisan Ekta Manch and Rashtriya Kisan Maha Sangh. For the unversed, several farmers’ organisations are jointly protesting in 22 states and are demanding remunerative prices for their produce, implementation of Swaminathan Commission recommendations and farm loan waiver.
According to a report by PTI, the farmers have stopped the supply of vegetables, fruits, milk and other items to cities. Prices of vegetables and other items have soared in the wake of dwindling supplies of farm produce, traders said.
Reports state that at several places in Punjab and Haryana like Ludhiana, Moga, Muktsar, Kurukshetra, Fatehabad and Sonipat, farmers held massive protests. Meanwhile, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said protesting against the government “will not serve any purpose”. He said farmers would never forgive “those who force them to throw their vegetables and spill the milk on the roads”.
Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Saturday said the protest by farmers were attempting to get media attention. “It requires some unusual deeds to appear in the media,” Singh told reporters at a press conference in Patna.
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