Farmers enraged as paddy prices crash in Dholka APMC

According to a report by Sandesh, a massive anger was witnessed among farmers as a major decline was registered in the prices of paddy at the Dholka APMC market in Ahmedabad district. Right before the festival of Diwali, due to not getting proper money for the crop, the Diwali of farmers has turned bleak and they have been put into serious financial difficulty.

Amidst this situation, a large number of farmers from various villages of Dholka taluka reached the APMC market for sale, loading their paddy crop into tractors. During the auction process in the market, when low prices of paddy were quoted, the farmers got agitated and became enraged.

Farmers stated that just two days ago the price of paddy was more than ₹700, but reducing it suddenly, it was made ₹500. Due to this sudden decline in prices, the farmers created a ruckus in the market.

Regarding this matter, farmers alleged that even though the government talks about making purchases at the minimum support price, in reality, farmers do not get the proper price for their sweat in the market.

Farmers made a clear demand that until they get remunerative and proper prices for paddy, they will not remove their tractors from the APMC market. Due to this fierce protest and ruckus by the farmers, a great scramble ensued in the APMC market premises and a tense situation was created.