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Farmers Rally With 200 Tractors Against Crop Surveys
Farmers in Madhya Pradesh organized tractor rallies on Tuesday.
More than 200 tractors took part in a rally around parts of Bhopal.
The rally was held under the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh.
Farmers were protesting satellite-based crop surveys and raising other complaints.
They said bad weather damaged their soybean and black gram crops.
They also said caterpillars harmed the crops.
The farmers said they had not received insurance money for the 2024–25 season.
They gave a written request to senior government leaders asking for action.
Farmers affiliated with the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh held tractor rallies across Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday.
More than 200 tractors joined a rally across Bhopal’s Nazirabad, Bairasia and Huzur tehsils.
The farmers submitted a memorandum addressed to the Prime Minister and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister.
Farmers said adverse weather and caterpillar infestations heavily damaged soybean and black gram crops.
They also said crop-insurance payments for the 2024–25 season had not yet been received.
- Who
- Farmers represented by the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, including farmers from Bhopal district.
- What
- Farmers held tractor rallies and submitted a memorandum over crop damage, crop-insurance payments and satellite-based crop surveys.
- Where
- Across Madhya Pradesh, including Nazirabad, Bairasia and Huzur tehsils in Bhopal.
- When
- Tuesday; the articles do not provide an exact date.
- Why
- Farmers said adverse weather and caterpillar infestations damaged kharif crops and that 2024–25 crop-insurance payments remained unpaid.
Key facts
- Organizing group
- Bharatiya Kisan Sangh
- Location
- Bhopal district, Madhya Pradesh
- Tractors involved
- More than 200
- Affected crops
- Soybean and black gram
- Reported causes of damage
- Adverse weather and caterpillar infestations
- Insurance issue
- Farmers said they had not received crop-insurance payments for the 2024–25 season
- Memorandum recipients
- The Prime Minister and the Chief Minister
Quotes
Rahul Dhoot
General secretary of the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh
“Tractor rally was taken out in various parts of the state. In Bhopal, it was taken out in Nazirabad, Bairasia and Huzur tehsil.”
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