Desaiganj, Earlier, 24 hours electricity was supplied in the tehsil by the electricity department. But in the present situation only 8 hours power is being supplied. Due to which the paddy producing farmers of the tehsil have become completely stricken.
To ask questions in this context, thousands of farmers of the tehsil on Wednesday, under the leadership of Shivsena’s district chief Surendrasinh Chandel, staged a protest in front of the electricity office in Desaiganj. And the farmers remained adamant on the demand to supply electricity to agricultural pumps for 24 hours, not 8 hours. Especially the farmers did a movement for about 3 hours.
The farmers of the tehsil have been in trouble due to the supply of electricity by the electricity department for only 8 hours for the last several months. Several times a memorandum was submitted to the electricity department in the context of supplying 24 hours electricity to agricultural pumps. But it was continuously ignored by the concerned department. Due to which the angry farmers staged a protest in front of the electricity office.
At this time, the sub-divisional engineer of the Electricity Department tried to solve it after discussing with the agitators. But the farmers remained adamant on the demand to supply 24 hours electricity. Shiv Sena’s sub-district chief Avinash Gedam, former sarpanch Manohar Nimje, Koregaon sarpanch Prashant Kilnake, Vikas Pradhan, Nandu Chawla, Ballu Kulmethe, Nishant Thackeray, Anil Misar, Ramchandra Thackeray, Rajesh Gaikwad, Gaurav Nagpurkar, Sunil Pardhi, Chaupandas Vidhete, Vinayak Thousands of farmers of Tehsil including Waghade, Keshav Raut etc. were present.
The solution was not found even after the mediation of the MLA
Thousands of farmers under the leadership of Surendrasinh Chandel started a Thiya movement in front of the electricity office, demanding 24-hour power supply to agricultural pumps. As soon as the information about this matter was received, the MLA of Armori constituency, Krishna Gajabe, visited the venue of the fast. At the same time, discussions were held with the officials of the electricity department with the farmers. But even after the intervention of the MLA, the problems of the farmers could not be solved.
warning of rapid movement
The agitators took the meeting of the sub-divisional engineer Salve of the electricity department and discussed with him. On the other hand, if the electricity department does not take a proper decision till January 9, the paddy producing farmers of the tehsil will organize various agitations along with the agitation, such a warning was given at this time.