Farmers in Odisha바카라s Kendrapara district on Tuesday let loose livestock in Rajnagar block and subdivision offices in protest against lack of steps to protect their crops from damage by herds of stray cattle.
The farmers were angry over lack of steps to protect their crops from damage by herds of stray cattle,
Farmers in Odisha바카라s Kendrapara district on Tuesday let loose livestock in Rajnagar block and subdivision offices in protest against lack of steps to protect their crops from damage by herds of stray cattle.
Officials said that work in both the offices came to a standstill for about three hours as stray cattle invaded office rooms.
바카라We locked up the stray cattle in both the offices. It was a symbolic protest to send a message to the local administration,바카라 said Deepak Behera, a farmer from Gopalpur village who participated in the agitation.
바카라The officials have assured us they would set cattle shelter houses to address our grievances,바카라 Behera said.
Ashok Swain, a farmer from Rajnagar, said the cattle menace had assumed alarming proportions in their areas.
The animals are destroying standing crops and have become a serious threat to human lives, Swain said.
바카라There are genuine grounds for the farmers to stage a protest of this nature,바카라 Rajnagar Tehsildar Bholanath Sethi said.
바카라We will soon identify land to build a cow shelter where stray animals will be kept,바카라 Sethi added.
(PTI inputs)