Farmers take to streets in 'amude'
Farmers around the country will gather in Colombo to stage a protest in loin cloths this afternoon (17), National organizer of the All Ceylon Peasants' Federation Namal Karunaratne told Ceylon Today Online. The protesting farmers garbed in traditional farmers' outfit and carrying traditional faming equipments will express their displeasure at Lipton Circus at 2.00p.m.
The demonstration is organized in protest of reducing the fertilizer subsidiary and reducing the guaranteed price for rice as well as against the budget proposal to reduce the farmers' pension by Rs 50, Karunarathne further noted.