Members of the Kirti Kisan Union today held a meeting at the Desh Bhagat Memorial Hall in the city demanding the opening of India-Pakistan trade route through the Attari-Wagah and Hussainiwala road corridors. A protest was also held in the city over the issue.
The farmers demanded that they should be allowed to conduct business directly through their passports by abolishing the visa requirements for their produce, among other categories. Calling the Central Government’s disallowing of export of basmati rice below 1200 dollars per tonne as anti-farmer, they also demanded that the condition be withdrawn immediately.
