Human Chain, Rally in Nilphamari
Potato growers demand more storage facilities
A human chain was formed in Nilphamari town yesterday demanding government's steps to provide potato storage facilities for the growers of the northern region so that they could save their produce from getting damaged.
Organised by Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB), the participants also protested hike in power tariff and demanded uninterrupted power supply in the region for boro farming.
Later, they held a rally at 'Chowraongi' intersection with Sreedam Das, president of CPB district unit in the chair. CPB leaders Atiar Rahman, Abdur Rahim, Solaiman Ali and Nazrul Islam addressed the rally.
The speakers demanded that the government set up more cold storage in the region and ensure smooth power supply for boro cultivation.
Though the region saw a high potato yield, it could not make the growers happy due to abnormal fall in market price of the vegetable, the speakers said.
They protested hike in power tariff in the peak boro season and demanded uninterrupted power supply for irrigation of their land.
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