In Ghazipur’s Sreepur, marginal farmers staged a protest march and protested demanding fair price of eggs, an end to violence by the syndicates controlling the market and a reduction in the prices of poultry feed and medicine. As part of the protest, they broke hundreds of eggs on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway. For some time, traffic on the highway was disrupted, but later the situation returned to normal.
On Saturday (July 4) at around 11:30 am, at the initiative of Shimultali Poultry Farmers Association, this human chain and protest program was held on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Jainabazar upazila. Hundreds of marginal farmers took part in it.
Poultry farmer Masood Rana, who took part in the protest, told the media: “Prices for poultry feed and medicine have increased abnormally. The eggs have to be sold at a much lower price in the current market compared to the cost of production. However, due to the manipulation of large corporate syndicates, ordinary consumers are forced to buy eggs at high prices in the retail market.
Another farmer, Jonaid Rubel, told the media: “Currently, the situation of marginal farmers is very difficult. There is no talk of profit; production costs are not growing. Marginal farmers are forced to sit on the road due to syndicates. He demanded that the syndicate controlling the market be quickly liquidated to save them.
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Farmers participating in the protest complained that they were not receiving real benefits despite working hard to produce eggs. Rather, the profits are made by several traders in the syndicate. Having been counting losses for a long time, most marginal farmers are in dire straits. They also expressed fears that the country’s poultry industry would face collapse if effective measures were not taken.
In this regard, Mauna Highway police station in-charge Kamruzzaman told the media, “Due to the human chain and protest by poultry traders, traffic on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway was disrupted for some time. However, later the situation was brought under control, and now traffic on the highway is normal.”
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