BELGAUM: The arrest of Swabhiman Shetkari Sanghatan (SSS) leader Raju Shetty, MP, in Maharashtra on Monday has had a rippling effect in Belgaum district.
All bus services from Maharashtra to Karnataka have been suspended, while a few state buses are plying to Maharashtra.
Five KSRTC buses were stoned in Maharashtra, while a tempo was set afire near Borgaon.
Shetty was arrested when the agitation by sugarcane farmers there for higher prices for their crop turned violent on Monday.
Since Shetty has several supporters in Belgaum district, especially in border taluks of Chikkodi, Athani and Raibag, thousands of farmers gathered at Bedkihal Circle on Monday and blocked the state highway connecting Chikkodi to Ichalakaranji in Maharashtra. Sudden stoppage of bus services left hundreds of commuters in the lurch.
They forcibly closed the business establishments in these villages. Sandeep Patil, SP, told TOI that no farmer has been arrested and that police security has been tightened in the border taluks.
Bandh in South Maharashtra
Belgaum is the highest sugarcane-producing district in the state, and around 15% sugarcane produced here is crushed in Maharashtra factories. This year sugarcane has been cultivated in 2,12,723 hectares.
Shiv Sena has called for a bandh in Kolhapur, Satara and Sangli districts in South Maharashtra on Wednesday. Src: Times of India
All bus services from Maharashtra to Karnataka have been suspended, while a few state buses are plying to Maharashtra.
Five KSRTC buses were stoned in Maharashtra, while a tempo was set afire near Borgaon.
Shetty was arrested when the agitation by sugarcane farmers there for higher prices for their crop turned violent on Monday.
Since Shetty has several supporters in Belgaum district, especially in border taluks of Chikkodi, Athani and Raibag, thousands of farmers gathered at Bedkihal Circle on Monday and blocked the state highway connecting Chikkodi to Ichalakaranji in Maharashtra. Sudden stoppage of bus services left hundreds of commuters in the lurch.
They forcibly closed the business establishments in these villages. Sandeep Patil, SP, told TOI that no farmer has been arrested and that police security has been tightened in the border taluks.
Bandh in South Maharashtra
Belgaum is the highest sugarcane-producing district in the state, and around 15% sugarcane produced here is crushed in Maharashtra factories. This year sugarcane has been cultivated in 2,12,723 hectares.
Shiv Sena has called for a bandh in Kolhapur, Satara and Sangli districts in South Maharashtra on Wednesday. Src: Times of India
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