Dump cucumbers on national highways

Dhupguri, West Bengal

Dhupguri, West Bengal

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June 2013

Around 1,000 farmers dumped several hundred tonnes of cucumbers onto National Highway 31 and blocked traffic for about seven hours in protest of dramatically low sale prices. Some reports indicated they were receiving as little as 50 paise per kilogram for their produce.

“Farmers Protest Low Price.” The Times of India, 25 Feb. 2011. (Accessed 13 Nov. 2025)