On the call given by the Bhartiya Kisan Union (Doaba), scores of sugarcane growers from across Doaba today started their indefinite dharna at Phagwara Sugar Mill Chowk and blocked the Jalandhar-Ludhiana National Highway.
Various farm, religious and social organisations today tried to gherao the residence of Cabinet Minister MLA Brahm Shankar Jimpa against laying tarpaulin and concrete lining of Kandi canal bed from Talwara to Balachaur.