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Farmers dump chillies on road

By Our Staff Correspondent

HASSAN MAY. 2. Growers dumped chillies on the roads and damaged a police vehicle at Arkalgud on Thursday, protesting against the fall in prices.

As 150 truckloads of chillies came to Arkalgud Market on Thursday, the Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee yard just looked like chilli yard and bags of chillies even occupied nearly half a km. on Holenarsipur Road.

When the price fell from Rs. 30 to Rs. 40 a bag of 25 kg. to Rs. 10, there was an altercation between traders and farmers. Angered by the attitude of traders, farmers threw chillies on the road and even tried to desist the entry of chilli trucks from entering the market.

The situation reached a stage when farmers manhandled a police constable who tried to control the situation, according to reports reaching here. In the melee, farmers threw stones at the police vehicles.

It was learnt that they even broke the panes of two trucks. Finally, the District Armed Reserve (DAR) that reached the spot brought the situation under control.

The glut was such that the traders were not prepared to buy them even at Rs.10 a bag. Farmers of Shanivarasante and Sakleshpur taluk returned empty handed after paying transportation charges to truck owners.

According to reports reaching here, farmers were pleading with traders to buy chillies at "whatever" price they could offer.

The price of G-4 variety, which fetched Rs. 150 to Rs. 160 to farmers, went down to Rs. 100 to Rs. 120, and the farmers were distressed by the trend.

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