Chandigarh, March 10 -- Farmers from 22 villages of the city, under the banner of the Chandigarh Pendu Vikas Manch, held a protest against the UT administration at the Sarangpur barrier on Monday in support of their long-pending demands. Main demands of the farmers included a land pooling policy, abolition of the Lal Dora (red line), consolidation of villages into wards, the adjustment of collector rates to market rates, and the increase in the multiplier factor for agricultural land from 1.25 to 2. Farmers stated that despite the inclusion of all villages of Chandigarh with the Municipal Corporation, neither a land pooling policy nor a change in land use policy has been framed for agricultural land. "If a land pooling policy is implemented, the Lal Dora scheme will be abolished, and a planned development will be ensured," said SatinderpalSingh Sidhu, president of the manch. "No policy has been made for those on whose land Chandigarh was built, whereas such policies exist for farmers in Punjab and Haryana," Sidhu added.HTC...