YAVATMAL: A village in Maharashtra's Yavatmal district, which has witnessed a string of farmer suicides over years, has resolved to boycott upcoming Lok Sabha and state assembly polls until quite a lot of demands of locals, including reimbursement to agriculturists for low crop yield, are met by the government.
A solution to this effect was followed all the way through a gram sabha meeting by residents of Wagda Izara village in Mahagaon tehsil on Republic Day.
The solution reproduction has already been sent to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, an area chief said Sunday.
The primary demands incorporated direct credit score of PM's Crop Insurance Scheme amount into financial institution accounts of farmers, and putting in place fodder retailer rooms for farm animals in view of drought, said farmer chief Manish Jadhav.
The villagers also demanded formation of a separate Vidarbha state comprising quite a lot of districts in the east Maharashtra region.
"The gram sabha also proposed that farmers who have recorded lesser soybean and cotton crop yields due to scanty rainfall, be paid a compensation of Rs 50,000 per hectare," he said.
The meeting, held below village sarpanch Chhaya Khandare, also prolonged its reinforce to the proposed stir of farmers to be launched from Punatamba village in western Maharashtra's Ahmadnagar district.
"We have been facing an acute drinking water crisis every year. We want it resolved permanently through the Centrally-sponsored water supply schemes," the Sarpanch said.
She also demanded a complete crop loan waiver and fresh credit score for farmers.
The meeting was attended by numerous villagers in which it was resolved that the future polls can be boycotted if our demands don't seem to be met, Jadhav said.
The village, with inhabitants of around 1500, falls below Umarkhed (SC) assembly constituency, these days represented by the ruling BJP. It falls below Hingoli Lok Sabha constituency, represented by the Congress.
A solution to this effect was followed all the way through a gram sabha meeting by residents of Wagda Izara village in Mahagaon tehsil on Republic Day.
The solution reproduction has already been sent to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, an area chief said Sunday.
The primary demands incorporated direct credit score of PM's Crop Insurance Scheme amount into financial institution accounts of farmers, and putting in place fodder retailer rooms for farm animals in view of drought, said farmer chief Manish Jadhav.
The villagers also demanded formation of a separate Vidarbha state comprising quite a lot of districts in the east Maharashtra region.
"The gram sabha also proposed that farmers who have recorded lesser soybean and cotton crop yields due to scanty rainfall, be paid a compensation of Rs 50,000 per hectare," he said.
The meeting, held below village sarpanch Chhaya Khandare, also prolonged its reinforce to the proposed stir of farmers to be launched from Punatamba village in western Maharashtra's Ahmadnagar district.
"We have been facing an acute drinking water crisis every year. We want it resolved permanently through the Centrally-sponsored water supply schemes," the Sarpanch said.
She also demanded a complete crop loan waiver and fresh credit score for farmers.
The meeting was attended by numerous villagers in which it was resolved that the future polls can be boycotted if our demands don't seem to be met, Jadhav said.
The village, with inhabitants of around 1500, falls below Umarkhed (SC) assembly constituency, these days represented by the ruling BJP. It falls below Hingoli Lok Sabha constituency, represented by the Congress.
Maharashtra village resolves to boycott polls over pending issues
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