Chandigarh: Accusing the Central Government not listening to them, agricultural groups can uphold almost complete bandh Bharat in Punjab on Monday, by moving paralyzing roads and railroad traffic.
Business companies are closed in almost all cities and cities.
The presence in government and private offices is also bad.
Agricultural activists protested in several places, including on the highway and train tracks.
Bharat Bandh was held to mark a year from the ongoing farmer agitation in Punjab and 10 months on the Delhi border.
Sanyuk Kisan Morcha (SKM), who pioneered ongoing agricultural agitation, said there were more than 500 locations in Punjab where people gathered to support bandh.
The non-farmer body also supports bandh.
“It is clear that the bored people with (PM Narendra) Modi governments that insist, unreasonable and selfististic protest legitimate demands, and anti-person policies in various sectors,” SKM said, reacting to the response to the bandh.
Almost all opposition parties, trade unions, traders, merchant and transporter associations, student and youth organizations, women’s organizations, taxis and union car bodies, teacher unions and lawyers, journalists, and groups of writers and artists supporting bandh.
There is support from the Indian Diaspora abroad too.
In the area of Punjab Majha, the Amritsar region, Tarn Taran, Gurdaspur, and Pathankot, farmers took to the streets around 5.30 in the morning and barricades placed, tractor trailers and other vehicles to block the road.
There is no unwanted incident.
Farmers allow the Passport Office of Amritsar to work partially to clean the documentation of passport applicants who have come from distant places.
The agricultural leaders also appealed to people to reach the Singhu Delhi border on September 29 to show solidarity with farmers who were nervous on various borders of Delhi for almost ten months.
Farmer leaders discuss demonstrations in Jandiala, Majitha, Kathunangar, Attari and Ajnala.
In Pathankot, farmers have protested on the Madhopur-Pathankot highway, blocking traffic to Jammu and Kashmir.
Activist Kisan Committee Mazdoor Sangharsh (KMSC) protested in 30 places.
Overcoming farmers, KMSC Secretary General states that they receive full support.
However, many people accuse farmers to harass ordinary people.
“I was stopped going to my store, which meant there was no income for today; how did I run my family’s daily expenses?” Said Balkar Singh, who runs a small bicycle workshop.
“Farmers must find several other ways to attract the attention of the government and should not harass ordinary people,” he said.
Complete bandh observed in the Doaba region.
While commercial companies are still closed, there are rare traffic on national highways, with only emergency vehicles, such as ambulances, passing.
Almost all the city center, be it a city or city, closed.
Farmers protested in several places in and around Jalandhar and in other cities in the region.
In the Malwa region and Puadh Punjab too, the bandh succeeded.
Shutdown finished in Patiala, fatehgarh Sahib, Sangrur and Ropar District, but farmers must beg public sector banks and factory owners and schools in several places to observe strikes.
Farmers claim to have closed government schools in Passiana, District Patiala.
In Dhartar Jatta Toll Plaza, President Mandal Patiala Vyopar spoke to farmers.
The 4th West Bharat in Yearince, protest against agricultural laws has begun, this is the fourth call for Bandh Bharat by protesting farmers.
It was considered the most successful bandh bharat for the past year.
The first Benh Bharat call was given on September 25, 2020, five days after the law was passed by Rajya Sabha and the assistant president awaited.
The second call was given for December 8, 2020.
After the breaking up on January 22, the third call for Bharat Bandh was given on March 26, 2021.
So, the last call was the 4th.
RS 1.5 Crore Prtc Lossunjab Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) said he faced loss around Rs 1.5 Crore because Bharat Bandh on Monday.
“We face a loss of daily receipts of Rs 1.5 Crore.
The bus is not ply during the protest by farmers,” said an official.
(With input from Bathinda, Amritsar, Jalandhar, and Patiala)
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