Incident Reports

Farmers protested against the brick factory in Panchkhal

2019-01-21

Farmers from Panchkhal has protested against the brick factory for producing the harmful air that has caused in their vegetable production. They have obstructed the B.P highway by throwing the cauliflower in the road.

Locals and farmer have said that they have been asking the local authorities for help in solving the matter time and again but they keep refusing us. They said that we are not able to sell our produce goods.The vegetable market in Kalimati has refused to take our goods saying it's of bad quality so we are forced to protest. The brick factory operator also assaulted us when we tried to stop the loaded vehicle of theirs. We have lodged the complaints of assaults. Also due to the factory causing pollution in the environment we are not able to breathe freely, said locals.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Other forms of non-violent protest
Primary Cause Other governance issues
Actor 1 - Number of people 50
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people n
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Government and civil servants at central level
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media

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