(PTI Photo)Agitating farmers in Haryana have refused to withdraw their agitation despite the acceptance of several demands of farmers in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. Haryana farmers, who are sitting on dharna in many parts of the state, have decided to block national highways and state highways for three hours on June 16. “In the absence of good prices of crops, farmers’ lives have become miserable. A target has been set to increase the productivity of fibre crop cotton from 0.274 metric tonnes per hectare to 0.693 metric tonnes per hectare and of sugarcane from 75.18 metric tonnes per hectare to 86.30 metric tonnes per hectare,” he added. However, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee president Ashok Tanwar said Monday he would not attend Hooda’s Delhi meeting as “he had no information about the same”.

Source: Indian Express June 13, 2017 00:45 UTC