Farmers to march to city to highlight farm woes – Mumbai Mirror

Over one lakh farmers are expected to come to Mumbai on March 6 to draw the attention of the Maharashtra government to their issues, Kisan Sabha state secretary Ajit Navale said on Wednesday.

“Despite the loan waiver announcement, 1,753 farmers have committed suicide in the state. The agriculture sector is going through a bad phase and to draw the attention of the state towards these issues, we have decided to hold a rally with over one lakh farmers marching from Nashik to Mumbai,” Navale said.

He said that crops had got destroyed in attacks by pink bollworms and the recent hailstorms in some parts of the state had brought about more losses.

Source: Farmers to march to city to highlight farm woes – Mumbai Mirror