Jalandhar, Feb. 3 -- Farmers under the banner of the BKU (Sidhupur) along with the villagers of Jamsher village staged a protest against the construction of a bio-CNG plant in the fodder market of Jamsher Dairy Complex on Monday.

The police thwarted their call of blocking the Jalandhar-New Delhi national highway following which the protesters squatted on a link road for five hours.The protesters urged the Jalandhar municipal corporation to reconsider its decision to set up the plant at the site, presently used by the farmers for storing cattle fodder.

They cited that the plant should be relocated outside the village as it would lead to public health and pollution concerns.

Kamaljit Kaur, sarpanch of Jamsher village, said they had held ...