The march was organised by the CPM.
Mumbai:
A day after Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde advised the state Assembly that he had held discussions with a farmers’ delegation over their calls for, hundreds of farmers marching from Nashik to Mumbai have determined to name off their agitation. CPI chief and former MLA Jiva Pandu Gavit, who’s main the 200-km ‘lengthy march’, introduced the choice right now.
Mr Gavit mentioned the state authorities has taken quick steps to fulfil its guarantees, with District Collectors visiting Nashik and several other different locations.
“We feared that the federal government will simply give assurances, and never act on them. However, now that they’ve began taking acceptable motion, we’ve determined to withdraw our agitation. All the farmers are returning dwelling,” he mentioned.
Mr Shinde mentioned he has mentioned 14 factors, together with forest rights, encroachment of forest land, switch of land belonging to temple trusts and grazing grounds to cultivators for farming, with the farmers’ delegation.
Appealing to the farmers to withdraw their lengthy march, Mr Shinde had mentioned the choices taken will probably be carried out instantly.
Onion growers, dealing with losses attributable to low costs of the commodity and injury to crops by unseasonal rains, can be given Rs 350 per quintal as monetary reduction, he mentioned.
Farmers had demanded Rs 600 per quintal reduction to onion farmers, 12-hour uninterrupted energy provide to farmers, and waiver of farm loans. Onion farmers in Maharashtra have been hit exhausting by a steep fall in costs. Chief Minister Shinde has mentioned excessive manufacturing has led to this example.
The farmers additionally needed steps to arrest a slide within the costs of soybean, cotton, and tur, and quick reduction to farmers affected by current unseasonal rains and different pure calamities.
Those within the procession are additionally demanding implementation of the Old Pension Scheme for state authorities workers who’ve joined service post-2005.
The march was organised by the CPM and apart from farmers, many staff within the unorganised sector, resembling ASHA staff, and members of tribal communities participated in it.
This march was much like the 2018 ‘Kisan Long March’ from Nashik to Mumbai, additionally organised by the Left events. They had demanded a mortgage waiver and switch of forest land to tribal farmers tilling it for years, after which Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had accepted it.