Livestock join farmers on road

Mumbai | Friday | 20th July, 2018

Summary:

Despite Mr.

Shetti’s appeal for restraint, three State transport buses were vandalised in Buldhana district by SSS activists, while farmers with their livestock blocked Vairag-Madha road in Solapur. As the agitation entered its fourth day, milk farmers and SSS activists, along with their livestock, held up vehicular movement for hours at Kini toll plaza on the Pune-Bengaluru highway. more-inPune: Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana (SSS) chief Raju Shetti’s call to dairy farmers for blocking highways caused traffic snarls at several places across the State on Thursday. In Yavatmal and Washim, farmers bathed livestock with milk. Road blocks were staged at Ridhore in Solapur district, while 1,500 litres of milk were emptied in Sangli district..