Drone shows thousands of farmers marching towards towards Mumbai
<p>A video captured by a drone showed thousands of farmers marching towards Mumbai with a list of complains and demands to be fulfilled. The march, which started from Dindori in Nashik district, has been organised by the CPM and will cover 200 km before it reaches Mumbai.The organizer of the march has also said that other than the farmers, there are various low-wage workers and other poor people who have now joined the march to reach Mumbai.Also Read: Know Interesting Facts About Zakir HussainWhat is Farmer’s Demands: All the farmers marching to Mumbai have a long list of demands, including an immediate financial relief of ₹600 per quintal to onion growers. Onion farmers in Maharashtra have been hit hard by a higher fall in prices. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has said high production has led to this situation and announced a compensation of ₹ 300 per quintal to onion farmers. Other than that all the farmers are also demanding an uninterrupted electricity supply for 12 hours a</p>
01:46 PM Mar 16, 2023 IST
A video captured by a drone showed thousands of farmers marching towards Mumbai with a list of complains and demands to be fulfilled. The march, which started from Dindori in Nashik district, has been organised by the CPM and will cover 200 km before it reaches Mumbai.
The organizer of the march has also said that other than the farmers, there are various low-wage workers and other poor people who have now joined the march to reach Mumbai.
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What is Farmer’s Demands:
All the farmers marching to Mumbai have a long list of demands, including an immediate financial relief of ₹600 per quintal to onion growers. Onion farmers in Maharashtra have been hit hard by a higher fall in prices. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has said high production has led to this situation and announced a compensation of ₹ 300 per quintal to onion farmers. Other than that all the farmers are also demanding an uninterrupted electricity supply for 12 hours and a waiver of agriculture loans. They also want steps to arrest a slide in the prices of soybean, cotton and tur and immediate relief to farmers affected by recent unseasonal rains and other natural calamities.
Government’s response:
After knowing that the farmers are going to march and protect their rights, the State government reached out to them and 2 cabinet ministers Dada Bhuse and Atul Save are going to meet them on the way to Mumbai. A meeting was scheduled yesterday between representatives of the farmers and the state government, but could not take place. The farmers have now demanded that government representatives come and meet them. On the other hand, the opposition party says that the government should talk to the farmers.
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