Mysore/Mysuru: Condemning the amendments made to Land Reforms Act and orders being made to implement by the State Government, the farmers will be staging a nationwide protest by blocking Highways on June 20, said Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha District President Vidyasagar T. Ramegowda in a press meet here recently. Stating that both the Central and…
APMC Act amendment: KRRS to stage nationwide protest demonstration on May 27
May 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Alleging that the recent amendment made by the Karnataka Government to the APMC (Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee) Act is detrimental to the interests of the farming community, the KRRS (Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha), in association with All India Farmer Movement Co-ordination Committee, will stage a nationwide demonstration on May 27. Announcing this at a…
Farmer Association welcomes amendment to APMC Act
May 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha, one of the farmer associations of the State, has welcomed the State Government’s ordinance amending the APMC Act, allowing private players in Agricultural produce markets. Addressing a press meet at Patrakartara Bhavan here yesterday, the Association State President N.S. Verma said that although the country attained freedom 70 years ago,…
KRRS urges State to announce farmer welfare schemes in Budget
February 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) has urged the State Government to announce schemes aimed at farmer welfare in the forthcoming Budget. Addressing a press meet here recently, KRRS President Badagalapura Nagendra said that the farmers of the State were distressed by loss of crops due to floods and drought, unremunerative prices for crops…
Farmers stage protest against high-tension power line
December 30, 2019Mysuru: Claiming that the Hiriyur-Mysuru 440 KV high tension power line being drawn upon fertile lands in villages coming under Yelwal Hobli has sounded a death knell for the farming community, over a hundred farmers under the banner of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha and Hasiru Sene (KRRS) staged a demonstration in front of the Deputy…
Hundreds of farmers take out rally in city, seek clarity in farm loan waiver scheme
June 24, 2019Mysuru: Seeking fulfilment of their various demands, over 400 farmers under the banner of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) and Hasiru Sene, took out a massive rally in city this morning. The rally, which commenced from Gun House Circle, passed through Chamaraja Double Road, Ramaswamy Circle, JLB Road, Hotel Metropole Circle and Hunsur Road to…
Poor response for Highway bandh
June 10, 2019Mysuru, Chamarajanagar/Ramanagaram: The day-long State-wide highway blockade called by Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) and Hasiru Sene (Kodihalli Chandrashekhar faction) evoked poor response in Mysuru district this morning. Protesting against the State government’s move to amend the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, the farmers’ organisations in Mysuru…
Power line on farm lands: Farmers to stage protest on June 11
June 9, 2019Mysuru: Farmers under the aegis of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) and Hasiru Sene will stage a protest in front of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) Office near Mydanahalli in the taluk on June 11 at 11 am opposing the action of PGCIL in drawing power lines either above the agricultural land or…
KRRS Vice-President’s arrest: Farmers lay siege to Periyapatna Police Station
May 16, 2019Periyapatna: Hundreds of farmers laid siege to Periyapatna Police Station yesterday after Police arrested Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) Vice-President Lokesh Raje Urs over a trivial issue. Urs had gone to Periyapatna Police Station yesterday in connection with a complaint lodged by a woman of Hirimalali village in the taluk, when he enquired a Woman…
CM urged to release white paper on farm loan waiver scheme
May 9, 2019Mysuru: Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) and Hasiru Sene State Unit President Badagalapura Nagendra has demanded Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy to release white paper on how many farmers had benefited from his ambitious farm loan waiver scheme. Addressing reporters at Pathrakarthara Bhavan here yesterday, he said that the CM had promised to clear the loans…
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