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One killed in farmers-police clash in Punjab | One person was killed and several others
were injured as large number of farmers staging a protest in Chandigarh clashed
with the police on Tuesday. The farmers from across Punjab state were protesting
against the recent hike in power tariffs by the state's electricity regulatory
authority and sought better prices for their produce. The agitating farmers set
on fire several vehicles including police vehicles. Police fired tear gas to disperse
the violent mob. "The farmers were protesting outside Sector 16 stadium and started
setting the police vehicles on fire and when I started clicking their pictures
they attacked me and asked me to leave. They broke my camera and burnt many police
vehicles," said an unidentified reporter. "I had come here and parked my bike
when a crowd set many vehicles on fire including mine," said Madhur, a youth whose
two-wheeler was burnt by the agitating mob. Farming is the main occupation of
the fertile plains of Punjab, the state known as India's granary. Farming is subsidized
across the country, especially in Punjab, in a number of ways including cheaper
seeds, power, fertilizers and pesticides, easy loans and prices guaranteed by
the state for farmers' produce. |
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