Farmers’ outfit to march in protest from Nashik to Mumbai on March 6 | mumbai news | Hindustan Times

The Maharashtra unit of the Akhil Bhartiya Kisan Sabha (ABKS), a farmers’ outfit, has decided to take on the state BJP government over issues being faced by the farmers and declared a long march from Nashik to Mumbai on March 6.

They claimed that around 1 lakh farmers from across the state will participate in the protest that will later block the access to the state legislature building until their demands are met. They have demanded Rs40,000 per acre as monetary assistance to the farmers against crop damage by hailstorm and untimely rains, proper implementation of loan waiver scheme declared by the state government last year.