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March 07, 2021 14:03 IST
According to the Muzaffarnagar administration estimates, more than 40% of the district’s population is engaged in agriculture with sugarcane farming topping the chart
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Sugarcane transporters wait for their turn to weigh the yield on a scale, at Bhopada in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. File | Photo Credit:
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According to the Muzaffarnagar administration estimates, more than 40% of the district’s population is engaged in agriculture with sugarcane farming topping the chart As thousands of farmers lay siege to Delhi borders for over 100 days demanding the repeal of three contentious farm laws, those staying back in Western Uttar Pradesh have to endure a different kind of long wait at times for multiple days just to get weighed quintals of sugarcane lying in tractor-trollies on their way from farms to mills.
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More tractors from Punjab are coming to Delhi for the R-Day parade protest announced by the farmers
This comes a day after the SC put on hold 3 farm laws and formed a panel for talks with farmers
NEW DELHI: More farmers from Punjab and Haryana are set to join thousands of farmers who had been protesting in the national capital since November 28 last year, demanding a repeal of the Centre’s three farm laws and a legal guarantee on the minimum support price for their crops.
According to reports, hundreds of
The farmers have planned to hold a rally parallel to the Republic Day Parade, calling in farmers from across Punjab and Haryana to participate. A village in Punjab s Sangrur has even decided to fine those who choose to stay out of the rally.