JAIPUR: Residents of villages near the Bisalpur dam, displaced 25 years ago, threatened to boycott bypolls to the Deoli-Uniara assembly constituency if their demands are not met by the state govt. While some farmers have demanded compensation for their land parcels taken over for the construction of the Isarda dam project, others have demanded MSP for their farm produce.
The Kisan Mahapanchayat said on Wednesday they will launch a ‘Sankalp Abhiyaan’ listing farmers’ demands ahead of bypolls in Rajasthan. In light of the impending polls to the Deoli-Uniara seat, farmers plan to collect ‘pledge forms’ from 5,000 voters.
Youth state president of Kisan Mahapanchayat, Rameshwar Prasad Chaudhary, said, “If our demands are not met, we will either field our candidate for the bypolls or boycott elections. During Lok Sabha, residents of colonies near Bisalpur dam who were displaced 25 years ago boycotted polls.”
Among the demands raised by the farmers include rehabilitation and adequate compensation for their land parcels taken up for the construction of the Isarda Dam ERCP project.
“Basic facilities should be provided to residents of Bisalpur village who were displaced due to the construction of the dam. Irrigation facilities should be made available to farmers in Niwai, Peeplu, and Tonk through canals. Concrete steps should be taken to prevent crop damage by pigs in Newai, Tonk, and Banetha areas,” their demands said.
Other demands include reservation of 8 thousand million cubic feet of water from the Bisalpur Dam for farmers, which gets reduced when water inflow is low, maintenance and cleaning of Bisalpur Dam canals, enacting a law guaranteeing purchase of crops at MSP, prioritising mustard, chickpeas, moong, and urad beans.
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