Amritsar : On October 3 , A large group of protesting farmers in Amritsar have blocked the Rail Track of Amritsar to Delhi over their demands that include justice to the victims of Lakhimpur Kheri.
Farmer blocked the rail track while squatting at Devidaspura village near the Manawala railway station falling in the Amritsar district, the main railway track from Amritsar to Delhi.
Meanwhile all the incoming and outgoing trains from Amritsar to Delhi and Delhi to Amritsar have been diverted.
Kissan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) convener Sarwan Singh Pandher said that a large group of farmers blocked rail tracks across the state for two hours (12.30 pm to 2.30 pm) today due to their various pending demands.
Pandher alleged that both the state and the Central governments had deliberately adopted an indifferent approach towards the farmers as not paying any heed to their long pending demands.
He said that the farmers were demanding immediate release of pending arrears worth nearly Rs.28 crore of sugarcane growers, guarantee on minimum support price, justice to the victims of Lakhimpur Kheri, and enhancing prices of sugarcane crop and others. But unfortunately Governments didn’t bother towards the demands of farmers.
The farmers, led by the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha and the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political), were camping at the Shambhu and Khanauri border points between Punjab and Haryana since February 13 when their “Delhi Chalo” march was stopped by security forces and their endless struggle was still on, he said.
