Recently the state has approved Rs 10,000 crore as a special provision to provide immediate assistance to farmers affected by the unseasonal showers
Mumbai: On Thursday several farmers and a newly- elected Maharashtra MLA were detained when they took out a protest march towards the governor’s house over various demands, including crop loan waiver, said police.
The Prahar Janshakti Party head Bachchu who won the last month’s state polls from Achalpur in Amravati district led the march to raise concern over various problems of cultivators, including non-payment of crop insurance, loan waiver and crop damage due to the recent unseasonal rains.
Since Tuesday Bachchu Kadu and the farmers had planned a protest on stage at Raj Bhawan, located at Malabar Hill in south Mumbai, to put forth their demands before Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari as the state is under President’s rule.
Maharashtra: Farmers in Mumbai staged a protest today, against the crop loss due to untimely rains. They were later detained while marching towards the Raj Bhavan. pic.twitter.com/MiVQR1sLeb
— ANI (@ANI) November 14, 2019
Maharashtra’s farmers were detained at Marine Drive in south Mumbai, a police official said, without specifying reveling the number of cultivators taken into custody.
An official earlier said untimely rains damaged crops on over 70 lakh hectares of land in the state of Maharashtra.
Recently the state has approved Rs 10,000 crore as a special provision to provide immediate assistance to farmers affected by the unseasonal showers.
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