Bangladesh, June 22 -- Potato farmers and traders in Thakurgaon formed a human chain on Sunday, demanding that cold storage charges be reduced to Tk 5 per kilogram.

The hour-long programme was held at 11:00 am on the district collectorate premises under the banner of the Potato Value Chain Promotional Body, an organization representing potato farmers and stakeholders in the district.

Participants carried the slogan: "If farmers survive, the country survives; Bangladesh comes first."

Among those who addressed the human chain were President of the District Potato Farmers' Association Mohammad Lutfor Rahman, General Secretary Ataur Rahman, Joint General Secretary Abdur Rahim, and President of the Baliadangi Potato Farmers' Association Ab...