Road and Rail traffic across Punjab to remain blocked for 3 hours on Oct 13; announces Farmer Unions
- SKM Punjab, Aartiya Association, Sheller Owners Association will jointly conduct Chaka Jam.
Daljit Kaur
Chandigarh, October 12, 2024: The roads across and trains across Punjab are to remain blocked for three hours on Sunday i.e. October 13 as SKM Punjab and Group Association have given a call for blockage from 12 noon to 3 am against the state government.
A joint meeting of SKM Punjab organizations, Sheller Owners Union, Aartia Union was held today at Chandigarh Kisan Bhawan under the chairmanship of Balbir Singh Rajewal, Ravinder Singh Cheema, Tarsem Saini, Vijay Kalra.
Giving this information, the president of the organization Joginder Singh Ugrahan and general secretary Sukhdev Singh Kokri Kalan have demanded through a joint statement that this rightful demand of the farmers should be fulfilled immediately.
He expressed that the blood and sweat of the farmers is being trampled on by the Central and Punjab government to move towards the open market policy of the World Bank.
"The repeated demands made by farmers' organizations across Punjab to solve the serious problem of timely purchase and payment of paddy are being continuously ignored by both the governments. Farmers are going hungry in the markets and there is a delay in sowing the next crop," he said.
The farmers' leaders have appealed to all the paddy farmers and justice-loving people of Punjab to reach the railway lines at the specified places at 12 o'clock tomorrow to defeat this anti-farmer policy of the government. They have also warned the governments that they should be prepared to face more sharp farmers' anger if they slack off in meeting this rightful demand of the farmers immediately.
On October 14, SKM Punjab, Aartiya Association, Sheller Association, Industry Union, Vyupar Mandal, Labor Union Kisan Bhawan Chandigarh will hold a meeting and all sections will come together and launch a big struggle against the Center and the Punjab government.