Members of the Kisan Sangharsh Committee during a protest march in Fatehgarh Sahib on Thursday. Tribune photo
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Fatehgarh Sahib, September 9
The Kisan Sangharsh Committee launched a drive to spread awareness among farmers about the latest laws and court judgments regarding compensation and prices fixed for land being acquired by the government to construct highways.
Baljit Singh Bhutta, former chairman, Zila Parishad, Fatehgarh Sahib, said they would not allow the central and the state governments to grab farmers’ land at throwaway prices.
Before marching towards Mohali to join the farmers’ agitation against alleged forcible acquisition of land, he said the land of hundreds of farmers belonging to 21 villages was being acquired for the construction of National Highway number 205A between Mohali and Sirhind in Fatehgarh Sahib.
“We have initiated an agitation to protest the low offer price and forcible acquisition of land,” he added.
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