Tamil Nadu farmers protest again at Delhi

New Delhi, July 18: As we know that, Tamil Nadu farmers held a 41 days protest due to the alleged non-fulfilment of promises made by the government.

Around 100 farmers from Tamil Nadu were back in Delhi at Jantar Mantar on Monday three months after they suspended their protest in 3 months ago.

They have done a weird type of protests like grabbed eyeballs through their strange ways of protest such as wearing skulls, holding mock funerals, stripping outside the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and drinking their own urine.

They want adequate compensation for agricultural produce, crop insurance to individual farmers and linking of rivers to address the issue of the water crisis.

P. Ayyakannu, President of the National-South Indian Rivers Linking Farmers Association, who is leading the protest, said the farmers had decided to continue their protest for at least 100 days, braving the monsoon.

Ayyakannu said about 90 per cent of the water sources in Tamil Nadu had dried up leaving little water for irrigation and drinking purposes.

"The state government has waived off the loans of some farmers but we want complete loan waiver. Also, we want the Central government to ensure remunerative prices for agricultural produce and interlinking of rivers to solve the water problem," Ayyakannu said.

The Delhi Police had detained some farmers on Sunday after they attempted to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi.