Chandigarh, May 16 -- A few farmers and two cops sustained minor injuries and over 20 were detained as police had to fire tear gas shells and resort to use of water cannons at the Mohali-Chandigarh border to to prevent farmers from marching towards the Punjab governor's house on Friday.

The farmers, protesting under the banner of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), had announced the march to demand restoration of loan limits cancelled by cooperative societies and to oppose the centralisation of the cooperative department. According to the protesters, Punjab's authority over the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) should not be weakened, the river water dispute must be resolved according to the riparian basin principle, and the Punjab governm...