Some groups of farmers in Punjab continued interrupting the power supply to Reliance Jio mobile towers on Sunday, despite the Chief Minister Amarinder Singh’s appeals against them. Sources said power to more than 150 mobile towers was cut in the past 24 hours. To date, power supplies have been cut to more than 1,338 of these mobile towers.
The latter happened in the Talwandi Sabo area of Bathinda. Even in Fazilka, the same was done in many border villages. Infrastructure was also damaged in some areas. In the village of Moosa de Mansa, a pole connected to the tower was thrown and a cable box was also found burned. The sources said that some villagers mistreated the employees of a company when they went to repair the cables.
Shingaara Singh Maan, Vice President of BKU (Ugrahan) told The Indian Express: “We never made a call like this, we were the first organization to tell our members that they should not resort to power outages or any other damage to mobile towers. . Our goal is only to boycott a telecommunications company. If anyone is doing it, it must be people doing it on their own, as they are very angry at companies. BKU Ugrahan has nothing to do with it. “
Dr. Dharampal, Chairman of Krantikari Kisan Union and Coordinator of All India Kisan Sangrash Coordination Committee (AIKSCC), said: “We appeal to everyone in Punjab, Haryana villages … our focus is boycott only. and nothing more”.
Jagmohan Singh, member of the working committee, AIKSCC, said: “The Samyukt Kisan Morcha and 32 farmers’ unions have made two appeals to farmers to avoid such actions. Our protests have remained peaceful until now and they have also let them run peacefully … I also learn from some criminals who may be doing this, as our unions have categorically told their members to focus on boycotting Jio’s connections. ” .
Amarinder had issued an appeal on Friday asking farmers not to disrupt the state’s telecommunications services, as the Internet was important to many who work from home, in hospitals and for online education.
No toll until lawsuits are accepted: Haryana farmers
Chandigarh: Protesting farmers in Haryana on Sunday stated that they will ensure that toll plazas do not charge any fees from vehicles across the state until the Center accepts your demands. For this, the dharnas will be held in the toll plazas of the national highways.
Initially, the farmers’ unions had called for the free circulation of vehicles on the roads from December 25 to 27. But with a large number of farmers commuting to the roads daily to protest at toll plazas, they announced free circulation. of vehicles indefinitely. –ENS
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