Offered low price for fodder, growers protest

Bathinda, May 31

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Farmers under the banner of BKU-Sidhupur today protested against traders for allegedly trying to buy their green fodder at low prices at the grain market here. Announcing a five-day strike, they raised slogans against the traders.

They alleged that they were being forced to sell their produce for as low as Rs 100 per quintal.

Jaswinder Singh, a farmer from Nehianwala, said: “Traders are publicly looting farmers. While green fodder is usually sold for a minimum of Rs 350 per quintal, we were shocked when they quoted the price as low as Rs 100 for the same quantity.”

When traders said they would buy it from mandis on the outskirts, farmers said they won’t allow them to. — TNS