1/06/2017
PUNE: Residents
in India’s commercial capital might need to ration their dinner portions as
talks between farmers and the state on loan waivers and farmgate prices
remained deadlocked, prompting producers to halt supplies of vegetables and
dairy to the city from Thursday.
Mumbai and Pune are among the cities likely to be hit by the
strike after the farmers failed to secure their demands from the Maharashtra
government on the waiver of loans and remunerative prices, as recommended by
the S by the Swaminathan Commission.
Jeevan Karhade belongs to Puntamba village that first passed the
resolution to go on strike. The leaderless movement, being supported by various
local groups of farmers, and some farmer organisations, also seeks full
subsidies for micro-irrigation systems, free supply of electricity for
agriculture for 8 hours a day, price of `50/litre for milk, and pension for
farmers aged 60 and above.
Sanjay Sawant, a
progressive farmer from Narayangaon near Pune, a prominent hub supplying
tomatoes and other vegetables to Mumbai and other states, said: “Farmers from
our area will participate in this strike and we will not sell any vegetables.”
However, panic harvesting of tomatoes by farmers pulled the prices down from Rs
10/kg to Rs 3/kg in the wholesale market of Narayangaon. Traders from the Vashi
market in Navi Mumbai are not worried much about disruption in supplies.
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