Spread cucumbers throughout roads

Jalpaiguri, West Bengal

Jalpaiguri, West Bengal

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July 2017

Farmers in Dhupguri blocked the national highway by spreading cucumbers across it to protest against plummeting market prices, with some crops fetching merely 50 paise per kilogram. They also held up transport vehicles for three hours, demanding urgent action to address the collapse in demand.

“Farmers Block Road by Spreading Cucumbers at Dhupguri in Protest of Less Price.” Times of North, 2 July 2017. (Accessed 13 Nov. 2025)