Statesman News Service
MALDA, 30 JULY: Hundreds of members of Agragami Kishan Sabha, a peasants wing of the Forward Bloc, today staged a demonstration in front of the Malda district magistrate office demanding the immediate revision and publication of a list of families falling below the poverty line (BPL), deleting rich men's names from the list.
The general secretary of the Agragami Kishan Sabha, Mr Ajit Saha, said: “In rural belts like Harishchandrapur where I live, thousands of people who belong above the poverty line are in the BPL list but many people who are poor could not get listed.”
Submitting a 24-point charter of demands to the district administration, the FB leaders demanded the publication of a flawless BPL list.
Besides, the leaders demanded that the government would fix the selling rate of jute to Rs 3,000 per quintal for the farmers.
The administration should check the menace of fake and poor quality fertilisers and pesticides available on the market, the leaders said. As an alternative means of irrigation, the FB leaders demanded rainwater harvesting.
Besides agriculture sectors, the Agragami Kishan Sabha demanded an effective flood and erosion control programme in the northern part of this district including Bhaluka Bazaar where the existing embankment is in an alarming condition.
They also pointed out a repairing, widening and strengthening project for National Highway-81 in north Malda which was decided upon during the tenure of Mr Priya Ranjan Das Munshi but is yet to be executed.
The farmers belonging to the FB have demanded a cocoon market in Chanchal, the sub divisional headquarters of the northern part of Malda district. Seri farmers face difficulties as there is only one cocoon market in Kaliachak, the southern part of this district.
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