Thursday, 12 August 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
Accusing the State Government of selling lands to outsiders for profits, the leader of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), Rakesh Tikait supported the demand for stringent land laws in Uttarakhand. Addressing media persons on Wednesday at the Press Club in Dehradun, Tikait gave suggestions to the State government to improve the conditions of farmers and labourers. He said that the people of the plain areas are given many benefits for serving in the mountains so people living in mountainous areas should be given more facilities too under the hill policy to prevent migration. He also demanded the implementation of a village tourism policy in Uttarakhand like in Himachal Pradesh and the provision of subsidies to people involved in the transport business under the transport policy. Tikait also asked the state government to make a separate zone for the villages located near the border with China and making of a policy for the protection of villagers.
He further said that many educational institutes are charging exorbitant fees from farmers and labourers and nothing is being done by the government here. Talking about land laws, Tikait said the government is selling lands to the industrialists and entrepreneurs of other states for their own profits while neglecting the public of Uttarakhand. He said lands nearby main roads in the villages must be protected by locals and appealed to the farmers to not sell their lands to outsiders. Tikait said the farmers will also protest against the Uttarakhand government if nothing will be done to improve the situation of farmers here. He said it will not take much time to reform the State government here. We only need to close the borders of Uttarakhand for eight days and ask the authorities at borders to improve the governance here, averred Kathait. He also asserted that farmers will continue to protest against the Central government till it withdraws the farm laws.
