Karnataka   

Farmers lay siege to bank

DAVANGERE: People of Holesirigere and surrounding villages laid a siege to the Grameen Bank in Holesirigere in protest against the alleged discrimination in the waiver of farm loans.

Farmers who had not paid any instalment so far were getting benefits under the loan and interest waiver scheme while those who had paid their instalments regularly were turned away by the bank, they said. The farmers questioned this alleged discrimination and staged a protest in front of the bank after sending the officers out and locking the bank.

The farmers said that they had repaid a part of their loans in instalments by borrowing money from their relatives and others so that they did not become defaulters. This did not mean that they had had the capacity to repay the whole amount.

The farmers threatened that they would not allow any grameen bank to function if the loan waiver scheme was not extended to all farmers.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

Thousands turn up for inauguration of High Court Circuit Bench
A mere vehicle for a new star
For farmers
Farmers protest
Offshore patrol vessel launched
Size does matter: Bangalore’s BPO godzillas prove IT Business sense
Higher price for tomato soon
Anganwadi staff seek raise
Sell sugar factory: MP
King cobra caught
MLA announces Rs. 5-crore plan for Chitradurga
Farmers lay siege to bank
Earthquake
Helping tribal people fight for their rights
Warm, humorous and wonderfully detailed

Copyright © 2008, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu