Protesting farmers were served food at Kini toll booth
The blockade started at 12.15am. Shetti is demanding a sugar cane procurement rate of Rs 4,500 per tonne. “The mills are selling sugar between Rs 46 to Rs 56 per kg.
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The police told us there is no diversion for heavy vehicles. We are stuck midway, have no food to eat,” a driver of a container truck said. Police said vehicles heading towards Pune were diverted via Ghunki, Talasande and Nivhale. The road is blocked from both sides at the Kini toll booth,” Gorakh Chaudhar, inspector of Vadgaon police station, said. He told the workers that he would raise the matter of sugarcane price with chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and also with central ministers to get a good price for the cane.
Truck drivers complained of being caught unaware as the agitation brought traffic to a standstill. “I was unaware of the blockade. I left Kolhapur towards Pune and suddenly the blockade started and barricades were put. “Traffic coming from Satara and Pune towards Kolhapur and Bengaluru is being rerouted through Bahadurwadi, Bagani, Shigaon and Peth Vadgaon before reconnecting with the national highway at Top. A heavy police deployment was stationed at the protest site. The agitation, which has continued for nearly a fortnight, has disrupted the ongoing sugarcane crushing season. Two rounds of talks involving millers, farmers’ organisations and the administration have failed to break the deadlock. Download the TOI App.
Trucks stranded, motorists facing inconvenience at Kini Toll Booth Trucks stranded, motorists facing inconvenience at Kini Toll Booth Protesting farmers were served food at Kini toll booth Trucks stranded, motorists facing inconvenience at Kini Toll Booth Trucks stranded, motorists facing inconvenience at Kini Toll Booth Protesting farmers were served food at Kini toll booth Kolhapur : Heavy goods vehicles remained stranded and travellers faced major inconvenience on Tuesday after traffic diversions were enforced following a blockade of the Pune-Bengaluru National Highway by workers of Raju Shetti-led Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana at Kini toll booth, about 20km from Kolhapur towards Pune. We have started an indefinite blockade; no representative of govt has approached us with a solution yet,” Shetti said on Tuesday evening. Prithviraj Chavan backs agitating farmers Former chief minister and Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan visited Nagthane near Karad, where Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana workers launched a highway protest on Tuesday morning, and extended support to the agitating farmers.
