The Nabanirman Krushak Sangathan (NKS) on Wednesday in a demonstration at the district Collectorate here reiterated its earlier demand of holding an inquiry into the suicide of over 200 farmers due to crop loss in the State and giving compensation to the deceased’s kin.
NKS State coordinator Akshya Kumar said, “Our longstanding demands of monthly pension of `5,000 to the farmers, better procurement facilities, higher support price for paddy and drought compensation have been ignored by the State Government. As a consequence we have decided to hold a massive farmers congregation before the State Assembly on December 14 to fulfil our demands,” Kumar said.
Earlier, the NKS activists converged at Gandhi Chhak and took out a rally from there and went around the entire town and reached the Collectorate parade ground and held the public meeting.
Among others, NKS advisor Soumya Ranjan Patnaik, journalist Ravi Das, Seshadev Nanda, Umakanta Bharati and Nimain Charan Ray were present. later, the NKS leaders met the Sub -Collector and submitted a memorandum.