Madikeri, Karnataka, Mar 11 (UNI) Nine lorries, illegally transporting hay to neighbouring Kerala, were seized at Virajpet in the bordering Kodagu district of Karnataka.
Deputy Commissioner Subodh Yadav, who recently visited the Kodagu-Kerala border, found the regular transport of hay without any permission, even though a new law restricted its inter-state transport. He immediately instructed the taluk police officials to stop the movement.
However, the sudden enforcement has hit the farmers hard as they were regularly selling hay to Kerala. Already faced with lack of market locally, the woes of the peasants were compounded as sale of hay from Gonikoppal, Bittangala, Devanageri, Chembebellur, Kadanur and Kakotuparambu in South Kodagu is stopped.
To protest the enforcement, farmers stopped vehicles near the border gate for an hour and warned to break the law if the same ''harassment'' continued.
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Deputy Commissioner Subodh Yadav, who recently visited the Kodagu-Kerala border, found the regular transport of hay without any permission, even though a new law restricted its inter-state transport. He immediately instructed the taluk police officials to stop the movement.
However, the sudden enforcement has hit the farmers hard as they were regularly selling hay to Kerala. Already faced with lack of market locally, the woes of the peasants were compounded as sale of hay from Gonikoppal, Bittangala, Devanageri, Chembebellur, Kadanur and Kakotuparambu in South Kodagu is stopped.
To protest the enforcement, farmers stopped vehicles near the border gate for an hour and warned to break the law if the same ''harassment'' continued.
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