Our Correspondent Imphal, Nov. 3 (EMN): Three farmers’ bodies — Manipur Loumee Marup affiliated to All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), Loumee Shinmi Apunba Lup (Lousal) and Farmers’ Joint Action Committee, Manipur – has jointly demanded declaration of drought in Manipur and compensation of INR 1 Lakh per hectare to farmers. The demands were made by the representatives of the three farmers’ bodies after a team of peasant leaders led by Joint Secretary Dr. Vijoo Krishnan of AIKS visited Imphal East District and interacted with paddy farmers at Top Yaral Loukol region on Thursday. Leaders of Samyukta Kisan Morcha; Farmer’s Joint Action Committee, Manipur; Loumee Shinmi Apunba Lup (Lousal) and Manipur Loumee Marup namely Kshetrimayum Santa Mutum Churamani and Sarat Salam were also present during the interaction. The top Yaral Loukon area, having around 400 houses, has a population of about 2000 people with paddy cultivated fields measuring around 260 hectares. Even though
Leaders of Amaravati farmers, who continued their Maha Padyatra on the fifth day on Friday, have flayed Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy for once again raising the issue of three state capitals.The participants in the foot march condemned .
Amaravati farmers to intensify stir against trifurcation of AP capital
By Santosh Patnaik| Updated: 18th December 2020 7:50 pm IST
Vijayawada: The farmers from 29 villages of Andhra Pradesh capital region have taken a pledge to intensify their agitation in support of continuing Amaravati as the only capital.
Demanding one State-one capital norm, at a huge meeting held to mark completion of one year of agitation, they said they would change their strategy to step up their protests.
The farmers who surrendered their lands for building the capital in 2014 during Telugu Desam Government, feel that the land value will crash if the YSR Congress Party Government led by Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy was allowed to implement three-capital plan.