Farmers protest unfair compensation for land

The Ludhiana-Ropar Greenfield Expressway Sangharsh Committee, Ludhiana along with Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Dakaunda, BKU Lakhowal and BKU Qadiyan protested at the office of the Project Director of the National Highway Authority (NHAI) in Jainpur village along the Ladhowal-South City bypass road on Monday.

• They demand higher compensation against land acquired for the expressway project.
• Submitting a memorandum of demands to the NHAI officials, farmers alleged that they haven’t been adequately compensated by the relevant department for their land acquired for the Ludhiana-Ropar expressway.