Tension prevailed at some places in Haveri district on Tuesday, due to protests and stampede during distribution of Bt cotton seeds.
Farmers break barricades in a bid to collect seeds from an outlet of Bt cotton seeds company in Haveri district on Tuesday. The increase in demand for the ‘Kanaka’ variety of seeds and shortage of supply led to the rush. In Haveri city, police resorted to mild lathicharge as around 12,000 farmers fell over each other to collect the seeds.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/rush-bt-cotton-seeds-leads-chaos-haveri-district
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/deccan-herald-bangalore
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/haveri-d
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bt-cotton
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/seeds
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agro-based-industry
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chemical-fertilisers
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mysore-d
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chamarajnagar-d
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/karnataka
