Chandigarh:  Punjab farmers staged protests on Thursday by lay siege of toll plazas. They demanded the Government to fulfill their demands which was assured by the Government.

The farmers assured commuters of toll-free travel at 18 plazas in 10 districts of the State against the AAP government for ignoring their demands. Tense situation prevailed at a few places after farmers and toll plaza employees entered into heated arguments.

The KMSC which has presence in Majha and Doaba regions of the State besides some parts of Malwa region had given a call to hold protests at 18 toll plazas for a month from December 15^th to January 15^th.

The reason to press the state to accept their various demands, including a farm debt waiver, remunerative prices for crops and compensation for damage to crops. Toll-free travel will be ensured by the protesting farmers at Amritsar in Kathunagal, Mannawala and Chiddan near Attari, Tarn Taran (Usma and Mannan), Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Pathankot, Ferozepur, Fazilka, Moga, Jalandhar and Kapurthala districts have been made toll free.

KMSC general secretary Sarwan Singh Pandher said, the Government is pro-corporate and this is the reason why we have decided to make toll plazas free thus now any vehicle passing through the toll plazas will not pay any toll till January 15^th.