The wrath of farmers who are opposing the three new agricultural laws of the central government is bursting at the mobile tower. During the movement, farmers damaged more than 1500 mobile towers in Punjab. This has affected services in many areas, sources said. Farmer businessman and Reliance Jio owner Mukesh Ambani and businessman Gautam Adani have made various allegations during the movement. Farmers say Ambani-Adani will benefit from the government’s new agricultural laws. Because of this, after the announcement of the Geo boycott, farmers damaged many of the state’s telecom towers. At the same time, the Chief Minister of the state, Captain Amarinder Singh, has directed the police to take action against those who damaged the towers.
During the movement, farmers disrupted the power supply to the towers. Also, cable has been damaged in many parts of Punjab. However, neither Ambani’s Reliance Group nor Adani’s companies are in the business of buying food grains from farmers. A source familiar with the matter said, “As of yesterday (Sunday), 1,411 mobile towers were damaged and today the count has crossed 1,500”. Has given.
Reliance Jio has over 9,000 mobile towers in Punjab. At the same time, farmers are cutting off power supplies to damage the telecom tower, another source said. On at least one occasion, people took a generator installed on the tower site and donated it to the local gurdwara. At the same time, videos of Geo employees threatening and running away are also going viral. The attack has affected the telecom service and operators are struggling to maintain the service in the absence of the actions of law enforcement agencies, sources said. Earlier, the Punjab chief minister on Friday appealed to the farmers not to do such things, which would be inconvenient to the public. People were asked to maintain restraint.
The police have not taken action
Sources said the police have not taken any action against those who damaged the towers in Punjab. In most cases no FIR has been registered. At least 1600 towers in the state have been damaged, according to a registered agency of the Telecom Infrastructure Providers, Towers and Infrastructure Providers Association (TAIPA). These include common access infrastructure.
Thousands of farmers are agitating against agrarian laws
For more than a month, thousands of farmers have been protesting against the central government’s agricultural laws in various borders of Delhi. Farmers insist the government should repeal the laws. Though the Center has asked for several amendments in the proposal sent to farmers, the farmers have rejected it. Now, on December 30, at the Science Hall in Delhi, there will be talks between the government and the farmer organizations regarding the laws.
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