New Delhi: The Haryana authorities has introduced an extension of the ban on web providers in a number of districts amid the continuing farmers’ protest. Consequently, web providers will stay suspended in Ambala, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Jind, Hisar, Fatehabad, Sirsa, and Dabwali till the mid evening of Februray 15.
Earlier, cell web providers and bulk SMS providers have been shut down in a number of districts of the states within the wake of farmers’ protests on February 13th. Nonetheless, the restrictions have now been prolonged as farmer unions have warned that the agitation will proceed till their calls for are met.
On Tuesday, farmers from Haryana, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh converged alongside the Delhi borders to reveal towards the agricultural insurance policies of the Central authorities.Amongst different issues, the farmers are in search of an MSP assure for 23 crops, waiver of their money owed and withdrawal of circumstances registered towards them in the course of the 2020-21 farmers’ agitation.
The farmers have additionally urged to scrap the Electrical energy Modification Invoice 2020 and are demanding to reintroduce the Land Acquisition Act of 2013, guaranteeing consent from farmers and compensation at 4 instances the collector fee. Additional, they’re demanding to punish these concerned within the Lakhimpur Kheri killings.
An attraction to supply 200 days of employment per yr and a every day wage of Rs 700 underneath the Mahatma Gandhi Nationwide Rural Employment Assure Act, 2005 (MGNREGA) linking it with farming, has additionally been made by the farmers.
Additionally, a requirement to supply compensation to the households of farmers who died in the course of the protests in 2021 and a job for any member of the family has been put in place.
