Maharashtra: Farmers seek CM's permission to do farming amid lockdown

The whole country is under lockdown due to coronavirus. Maharashtra state is one of the worst hit by the virus with highest number of COVID-19 cases. 

The state authorities is doing maximum to curb the spread of the disease.

Farmers from the border areas of state's Amravati district sought Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's permission to prepare their land for the upcoming Kharif season, as the current COVID-19 lockdown has prevented them from accessing their farms in Wardha.

The authorities at Wardha, Chandrapur, Amravati and Yavatmal districts have sealed their borders to contain the spread of coronavirus, as a result of which, farmers in the border areas have not been able to access their lands.

Farmers of Haturna village in Amravati district''s Varud tehsil wrote to the Chief Minister seeking permission to access their farms in Wardha district's Salora, Wadhegaon, Jamgaon, Dhadi, Borgaon and Drugwada areas.

The local authorities had denied them permission to access their farms, which is why they were forced to write to the Chief Minister, said Baburao Meshram, one of the 55 famers who signed the letter to Thackeray.