Punjab farmers step up stir against Reliance, snap power supply to Jio towers

After staging protests outside the petrol pumps and retail outlets of Reliance, the farmers in Punjab protesting against the three central agri laws, stepping up their agitation have now started disconnecting the power supply to Jio mobile towers disrupting the telecom giant’s services in several parts of the state.

Farmers owing allegiance to different farmers’ union have shut the power supply to several Jio towers in Nawanshahr, Ferozepur, Mansa, Barnala, Fazilka, Patiala and Moga districts in last three days.

In Ferozepur, the power supply to the cellular transmission towers was cut by farmers separately under the banner of BKU (Ugrahan) and BKU (Dakaunda).