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Transporters Threaten To Stop Operations In North India In Support Of Farmers’ Protests

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December 2, 2020
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Thousands of farmers have been protesting for seven consecutive days. (File)

New Delhi:

Coming forward in support of protesting farmers, transporters’ top body All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) has threatened to halt operations in northern India from December 8 if the government fails to address concerns of the farming community.

The AIMTC represents about 95 lakh truckers and other entities.

“AIMTC has already extended its support to the farmer agitation from day one. We have decided on stopping our operations strategically starting from North India and if the government does not address the issue of the farmers then we may decide to go for shutting down of transport operations nationwide in their support,” AIMTC President Kultaran Singh Atwal said.

Mr Atwal said the road transport fraternity of the country has extended its full support to farmers who are “ann daata” (food providers).

AIMTC Core Committee Chairman Bal Malkit Singh said: “Starting December 8, we will halt the movement of supplies in entire North India including Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan. We will then escalate it to entire country if the government fails to address their issues.”

The AIMTC, in a statement, said the farmers are fighting for their legitimate rights and over 70 per cent of the rural households depend on agriculture.

Entire North India is affected and thousands of trucks carrying food, vegetables and other perishable and non-perishable items coming from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir are impacted, it said.

AIMTC supports the farmers as 65 per cent of the trucks are engaged in carrying farm produce, it added.

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“At present it is the season of apples, which are getting wasted. Apart from that potatoes, onions and other fruits and vegetables as well as other essential commodities like medicines, milk etc too (are) stuck up as their movement is disrupted, which is leading to their shortage in Delhi and in other northern states,” the statement said.

The situation will worsen in the days to come, unless the government take prudent and pragmatic steps to resolve farmers’ concerns, it said.

“The government must treat the farmers with dignity and allay their apprehensions on the farm Acts. We wholeheartedly support the cause of the farmers and look forward to a peaceful and amicable resolution of their issues raised by the Government,” it said.

Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and several other states have been protesting for seven consecutive days at the borders of the national capital against the Centre’s new farm laws.

The farmers have expressed apprehension that the laws would pave the way for dismantling of the minimum support price (MSP) system, leaving them at the “mercy” of big corporates.

However, the government has maintained that the new laws will provide farmers with better opportunities. It has also accused the opposition parties of misleading farmers.

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