Farmers warned against building pucca structures at Tikri

Jhajjar, March 15

The Bahadurgarh administration has warned the protesting farmers at Tikri not to build concrete huts and install submersible pumps on and along the national highway, failing which stern action may be taken against them.

The warning was issued at a meeting between SDM Hitendra Sharma and a four-member delegation of farmer organisations from Punjab here on Monday. The farmers assured the administration that they will not build concrete huts and install submersible pumps, provided they be ensured the supply of adequate potable water and the round-the-clock deployment of fire-fighting vehicles at Tikri.

‘Anti-corporate day’

• Farmers under the banner of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha observed ‘anti-corporate day’ and staged a protest against the rising fuel prices in Sonepat on Monday.
• Later, they joined the railway trade unions’ protest against privatisation. The protesters submitted memorandums to the DCs and SDMs to be forwarded to the Prime Minister. TNS

“At present, 25 tanks of water are being supplied at Tikri daily. The SDM has assured us of increasing the number to 50 tanks from tomorrow, besides the deployment of four fire-fighting vehicles to meet any emergency,” said Purushottam Singh Gill, a BKU (Lakhowal) leader. — TNS