Farmers claim Govt victimisation

A small group of farmers from Curepe is alleging that they have been the subject of Government victimisation over the last three weeks.

They staged a mid-afternoon protest outside the Red House during Friday’s sitting of the House of Representatives. According to farmer Rajkumar Singh, several acres of good agricultural land have been cleared along the Southern Main Road in Curepe for the construction of National Housing Authority (NHA) houses. He said the livelihood of some 30 farmers have been affected and some of them have occupied the land for the last 20 years. Singh added that several farmers have suffered significant crop losses and they want to meet urgently with Prime Minister Patrick Manning and Agriculture Minister John Rahael to discuss the matter.