Farmers protest against subsidy irregularities
Friday, 30 April 2010
CHANDPUR, Apr 29 (bdnews24.com): Hundreds of farmers demonstrated against irregularities in agricultural subsidy distribution in front of the local Bangladesh Krishi Bank office at Haimchar.
They laid siege to the bank from 10am to noon Thursday.
Then the police brought the situation under control.
The farmers demonstrated after the bank failed to give them the subsidies on several designated dates.
The farmers alleged that they had to pay Tk 100 for opening bank accounts and another Tk 100 for getting subsidies.
Some of the farmers named Mosharraf, Ferdous, Jahangir, Harun, Alamgir and Sekandar of South Algi, Kamlapur and Bhingulia area of the upazila said that they had Tk 100 for opening bank accounts to get the subsidy.
They laid siege to the bank from 10am to noon Thursday.
Then the police brought the situation under control.
The farmers demonstrated after the bank failed to give them the subsidies on several designated dates.
The farmers alleged that they had to pay Tk 100 for opening bank accounts and another Tk 100 for getting subsidies.
Some of the farmers named Mosharraf, Ferdous, Jahangir, Harun, Alamgir and Sekandar of South Algi, Kamlapur and Bhingulia area of the upazila said that they had Tk 100 for opening bank accounts to get the subsidy.