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| Tractor, trolley operators, farmers being pushed to starvation: Harsh Dev | | | 
EARLY TIMES REPORT
VIJAYPUR, Mar 3: Seeking a fair deal for the tractor and trolley operators who have been rendered jobless by the government in view of restrictions imposed on lifting of sand and gravel from river beds, Harsh Dev Singh, Chairman-JKNPP and former Minister today urged upon the government to review its orders so as to save the poor tractor owners from starvation.
He said that while manual lifting of sand and bajri was permissible under the Mining Act, the government functionaries were exceeding their mandate by imposing a blanket ban on extortion of such materials. And while the poor tractor and trolley operators were restrained from lifting the said materials, the big contractors and influential land mafia was openly extracting minerals from river beds by using JCB machines, earth excavators and lifting and transporting such material by defying the law as well as the orders of the government.
He was addressing a protest dharna of tractor trolley union organized in Vijaypur by the NPP unit of Panthers Party. He later submitted a memorandum to SDM Vijaypur in support of the demands of tractor union along with Yash Paul Kundal, State General Secretary-JKNPP and Rajesh Padgotra, Provincial President (Jammu).
The SDM Vijaypur assured to take up the matter with concerned authorities so that justice was ensued to the aggrieved tractor operators. Singh later held public meetings in various villages of Vijaypur Constituency including Chhowni and Keso.
Addressing the public meetings, Harsh Dev Singh sought adequate compensation for crops of farmers which were damaged in the devastating rains of October-November 2019. He regretted that the compensation of Rs 675 per kanal announced by the government was grossly inadequate in view of two successive crops of farmers having been damaged due to vagaries of weather. He called for waiving off the loans of farmers who had been adversely affected by inclement weather and untimely rains.
Speaking on the occasion, Yash Paul Kundal lambasted the BJP leadership for hoodwinking the people during the Assembly and Parliamentary in the name of five marla plots to border dweller in safer zones. |
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