Name on lifting dharna from platforms, tracks after Nov Five chakka jam: Farmer unions
| Ludhiana |
November 4, 2020 12:11:26 pm
Protesting towards the brand new farm rules, farmers take a seat on the Railway station in Jalandhar, Punjab for an indefinite length as a part of their rail roko agitation (Record/information Photograph via Gurmeet Singh )
SOON AFTER the Punjab executive issued a press observation pointing out that they have got run out of coal shares and customers must brace for large energy cuts, farmer unions mentioned they’re going to have a gathering after November 5 ‘Chakka Jam’ to take a choice in their long run plan of action.
Tuesday was once the 11th day of the Centre’s suspension of rail services and products in Punjab in gentle of the farmers’ protests on educate tracks.
In the meantime, farmers had lifted their dharnas from railway tracks on October 21 and had introduced that they’re going to permit most effective items trains to go in the course of the state. Although items trains services and products resumed on October 22 and 23, however they stand suspended since October 24 since the Railways mentioned that a couple of items trains had been stopped via farmers on October 22 and an empty passenger educate was once additionally stopped via farmers. Farmers also are sitting on railway tracks at Jandiala Guru in Amritsar and outdoor railway strains, which provide coal provides to the non-public thermal vegetation of Talwandi Sabo and Rajpura.
Satnam Singh Pannu, normal secretary of Kisan Mazdoor Sangrash Committee (KMSC), mentioned, “We will be able to speak about the problem of lifting dharna from Jandiala Guru railway observe on November 6 when our union will probably be having their evaluate assembly. Alternatively Jandiala Guru’s native line has been blocked and it has not anything to do with items trains services and products in the entire of the state.”
BKU (Ugrahan) individuals have blocked the railway line at Talwandi Sabo and Rajpura to prevent coal provides inside of those vegetation. Sukhdev Singh Kokri Kalan, normal secretary of the union, mentioned, “We will be able to speak about this factor on November 6 after November 5’s chakka jam program. They have got already began implementing 4-Five hours day-to-day energy minimize in villages to worsen the citizens. It’s the Centre’s dictatorship to prevent items trains in Punjab. Farmers don’t have any objection to items trains, however we’ve got objections to non-public thermals. State executive can run its thermals, however the ones are mendacity closed whilst they need to pay cash to non-public firms. Our struggle is towards the corporates. We have been combating in this factor since lengthy, however it has received momentum now.” He added, “We’re similarly thinking about Punjabis and Centre’s choice on suspension of products trains is an instance of dictatorship which hasn’t ever came about in Punjab.”
Jagmohan Singh Patiala, normal secretary of BKU (Dakaunda), mentioned, “Our individuals have lifted dharnas from all railway tracks and feature shifted them to railway stations as we don’t need passenger trains to run as of now. I believe that a couple of farmer unions’ individuals are nonetheless sitting on a couple of railway tracks, they’re giving the Railways an excuse to talk towards farmers. Therefore, they (unions) will have to re-think their choice.”
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