River Ravi project: FIR registered against protesting farmers
They want better prices for their land SAMAA | Web desk - Posted: Mar 3, 2021 | Last Updated: 1 month ago SAMAA | Web desk Posted: Mar 3, 2021 | Last Updated: 1 month ago
Photo: Haqooq-e-Khalq Movement/Twitter
The Ferozewala police have registered an FIR against almost 90 farmers who staged a protest on the Kala Khatai Road against the Ravi Urban Development Authority on Tuesday.
RUDA is trying to acquire the land for the Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project. The farmers said that the authority offered them a rate of Rs200,000 per acre while an acre is estimated to cost Rs10 million. They even asked for clean water.