Several others were also injured in the mishap. They said it was not just an accident but a result of the Centre’s failure to address farmers’ concerns. Had the government paid heed to the farmers demands, such incidents could have been avoided, they said
The direction came during a meeting convened in Delhi on Sunday evening ahead of farmers’ unions announcing their agitation at the Noida-Greater Noida border
Backed by the Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan), the aggrieved families said that the last rites would be performed until the Punjab government announces a compensation of ₹10 lakh and a government job to a family member.
The complainant said that his mother, who was suffering from anaemia, was admitted to Kataria hospital on December 19, 2018. He said that he had requested the hospital to not shift his mother for dialysis, but the hospital still went ahead with it, leading to her blood pressure dipping to alarmingly low levels