The bundh call of the APMC yard, in protest against the amendment to the APMC Act by the Government, has entered third day, here on Friday.

The heat of the bundh is being felt by the farmers, traders and the coolies, slowly. Protesting against the State government’s act, various organisations have decided to take out a protest march  to register their protest, here on Saturday.

March

The march would begin from the Town Hall Circle at 11.30 am and pass through the main thoroughfares of the City and culminate in front of the deputy commissioner’s office.

Chairman of the Grocery Traders Association G H Paramashivaiah, President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Sunil Javali, Karnataka Regional Raitha Sangha Co-ordinator B Umesh, President of the State Raitha Sangha A Govindaraju, Devaraju, Rice Flour Owners Association President N R Vishwaradhya, Someshwar Gupta and Secretary of Shop Coolies Association Govindayya have informed this today.

In response to the state-wide call, all the shops and business establishments in the APMC yard and Mandipete have remained closed in support to the protest.

Vegetable traders, beetle leaves and plantain leaves traders, traders in the APMC yard and all the traders in the Mandipete area also downed the shutters.

Dharna

While, farmers and traders staged a dharna today also. They have once again urged the Governor not to sign the amendments brought out by the State government to the APMC Act, which allows entry of multi-national companies into the retail marketing of agro-products.

Continue protest

The welfare of the farmers and the local traders should be safeguarded. And until their demands were met with, they would continue the protest, they added.

Loss to the tune of lakhs of rupees has incurred due to the APMC bundh for the third consequetive day. The farmers, traders and the coolies are the worst hit.