Farmers’ protest: The Haryana authorities prolonged the ban on mobile internet and bulk SMS services in seven districts for a further two days till February 15, in view of the continued farmers’ ‘Delhi Chalo’ agitation.
Notably, farmers are marching in direction of Delhi demanding a regulation on Minimum Support Price (MSP) for crops, farm mortgage waiver and the implementation of Swaminathan Commission suggestions amongst others.
Internet ban in THESE districts
The authorities specified that the ban on mobile internet and bulk SMS services would proceed within the districts of Ambala, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Jind, Hisar, Fatehabad, and Sirsa.
In the order, extra chief secretary of Haryana T V S N Prasad mentioned, “After assessment of the current prevailing law & order situation in the state, the conditions are still critical and tense in the district Ambala, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Jind, Hisar, Fatehabad and Sirsa.”
“…There is a clear potential of disruption of public utilities, damage to public assets and amenities and disturbance of public law and order in above mentioned districts on account of misuse of internet services by way of spread of inflammatory material and false rumours,” Prasad mentioned.
The order has been issued beneath Section 5 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 and Rule 2 of Temporary Suspension of Telecom Services (Public Emergency or Public Safety) Rules 2017.
According to the order, the suspension of the mobile internet services, bulk SMS (excluding banking and mobile recharge) and all dongle services, and many others. supplied on mobile networks besides the voice calls within the jurisdiction of districts Ambala, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Jind, Hisar, Fatehabad and Sirsa has been prolonged till February 15.
All telecom service suppliers in Haryana have been directed to make sure compliance with the order.
Farmers’ protest
As farmers in massive numbers marched in direction of the nationwide capital on Tuesday. The police fired tear fuel on the protestors on the Punjab-Haryana Shambhu Border. as protesters tried to interrupt previous barricades arrange by the Haryana Police to cease them from heading to the nationwide capital.
The police additionally deployed concrete slabs, iron nails, barricades, barbed wires, and police and paramilitary personnel at Kurukshetra in Haryana in view of the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march by the farmers.
The protesting farmers have offered a listing of 12 calls for to the central authorities. According to the protesting farmers, the centre promised them higher crop costs after which they ended the 2021 protest. At the forefront of their calls for is the enactment of a regulation guaranteeing a Minimum Support Price (MSP) for all crops, a measure advocated by the Swaminathan Commission report.
In addition to MSP assurance, the farmers are calling for a complete debt waiver programme and the institution of a pension scheme for each farmers and farm labourers. Furthermore, they’re vehemently opposing the Electricity Amendment Bill 2020 and are urging for the reinstatement of the Land Acquisition Act of 2013. This reinstatement would entail provisions making certain farmers’ consent and compensation set at 4 instances the collector price.
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