Irate farmers lay siege to Nuapada roads Friday, 21 February 2020 | AJIT PANDA | NUAPADA

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 Normal life in Nuapada district came to a standstill after farmers resorted to a road blockades under the leadership of BJP in several parts of the district on Thursday over discontinuation of paddy procurement.

The farmers also demanded stoppage in Katni Chhatni (paddy deduction during weighing) by millers in addition to reopening of paddy procurement centres, which were abruptly closed last week.

"We are unable to sell hundreds of quintals of our produce as the Government has stopped procurement abruptly. The BJD Government is run by the bureaucrats, who do not want the farmers to grow,” said the agitating farmers at Tukla of Khariar block.

The aggrieved farmers everywhere blocked the road by keeping paddy bags on the road. The State Highway at Tukla, NH near Tikhali and Nuapada and the RD roads in Sinapali and Komna were blocked for more than four hours. Officials from different blocks reached the spots and received memorandum from the farmers. When Kalahandi MP Basant Panda led the farmers at Nuapada, former BJP MLA Hitesh Bagartti led the farmers at Tikhali and Pruthiraj Mahanti at Tukla.

The agitators led by Panda staged demonstration from 12 am to 3 pm and when there was no response from the district officials, he rushed with the agitators to the Collector's office. District Collector Madhusmita Sahu and SP Vineet Agrawal arrived at the spot and discussed with the MP. The agitating farmers were assured of in writing by the administration that the paddy lying in the Mandis would be procured immediately.

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