Farmers’ Rail-Roko protest at Shambu, disrupts 150 trains

Farmers’ Rail-Roko protest at Shambu, disrupts 150 trains

Permanent camps set up at Shambhu border by farmers to spend nights

HARISH MONGA

Ferozepur, May 4, 2024:  The farmers’ rail-roko protest at the Shambhu border is continuing and has entered its 18th day. The protest has been going on for the last 77 days, disrupting the railway schedule and today 149 trains were disturbed. The farmers have been protesting at the four borders Shambhu, Khanauri, and Dabwali borders between Punjab and Haryana.

On the Shambhu border, the farmers have set up permanent camps and the farmers are spending the night.    Sarwan Singh Pandher, representing Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) Punjab, had said earlier. “Don’t take the test of our patience, take it granted that we will continue our protest till our demands are accepted”.

The farmers had also planned the Kisan Yatra in Haryana from May 7 and a state-level rally in Kaithal on May 19.

Protest by the farmers is to seek the execution of a legal guarantee for a minimum support price (MSP) for their agricultural produce; justice for Shubhkaran Singh, a young farmer from Bathinda, who died on February 21 in clashes between the farmers and police near the Khanauri border separating Punjab and Haryana during the ‘Dilli Chalo’ protest; and release of arrested farmers during demonstrations.