Sanja Morcha demands notification on closure of factory, threatens to hold massive protest on March 31

Zira Liquor Factory Row

Sanja Morcha demands notification on closure of factory, threatens to hold massive protest on March 31

Ferozepur, March 12, 2023:  The protesters under the banner of Sanjha Morcha sitting on dharna in front of the Malbros International Liquor Factory at Mansurwal Zira since July 24 warned the government to issue notification for formal closure of the factory and threatened to hold a massive protest on March 31.

An appeal has also been made to all the farmer outfits in the state to join the protest on March 31 at Zira to plan further strategy to register our protest.

The protesters also appealed to the local elected MLA Naresh Kataria to raise the issue of closure of the Liquor Factory at Zira in the Assembly session.  They also demanded the cancellation of police cases registered against the farmers during the protest and release of attached land.

Earlier, Chief Minister, Punjab through Tweet has announced the closure of the factory but no formal notification has so far been issued and the protesters are still sitting on dharna at Zira.

The protesters said, we have to further intensify the agitation, in case state government won’t issue notification or written order mentioning permanent closure of liquor factory, which had been indulged into ecological disorder for long time and a number of natives of 44 villages to its surrounding, had lost lives due to its pollution.

Added here, the factory had approached the Punjab and Haryana high court, the government had to deposit ₹20 crore with the registry in two separate orders for failing to lift the protesters.