1/06/2017
PUNE: The state
and central governments aren't serious about the farmers' strike, said
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar, while inaugurating
development works at Sudumbare village near Mumbai-Pune highway.
Today onwards, farmers across the state will go on strike to
push for various demands. "The strike will have a major impact across the
state. It's effect will be felt in other parts of the country too. Common
people, who are the consumers of these goods, will suffer," said Pawar.
While Pawar agreed that farmers were committing suicides
during the UPA regime as well, he pointed out that the then government had
taken measures such as waiving loans and giving higher price for yields.
"The measures had brought some relief to farmers," Pawar claimed.
At Sudumbre, the works are being carried out as part of the
union government's Sansad Aadarsha Gram scheme. The village has been adopted by
Rajya Sabha MP Vandana Chavan. A development plan has been drafted for the
village, which is largely dependent on farming. School students have also
contributed to the plan on how to make the village liveable. The projects were
planned based on the ideas shared by the students.
"There are many government programmes that must reach
villages. Schemes like Sansad Adarsha Gram are the best platform to reach out
to people and provide them benefits of these schemes. The works that are done
in Sadumbre village can be a testimony of it," said Chavan.
The MP added that the focus has been on infrastructural and
social development of the area. People have become more conscious about their
health and hygiene, she remarked.
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