Nagaur Farmers' Protest Suspended After Pre-Dawn Agreement With District Officials

Overview

• A written deal was announced around 5 a.m. after overnight talks between MP Hanuman Beniwal and Nagaur officials including District Collector Arun Kumar Purohit, SP Mridul Kachhawa, SDM Suryakant and Ajmer Range IG Rajendra Singh.
• The administration committed to launch drone and manual surveys against illegal sand mining within a day, with agreed actions to be completed in two to three days.
• Assurances include settling pending crop insurance claims and providing compensation for land affected by railway lines and high‑tension power projects in Nagaur.
• Beniwal also pressed for withdrawal of police cases against farmers, action against the Degana SDM and DSP and a mining engineer, and scrutiny of alleged wrongful allotment of grazing land.
• Police had barricaded NH‑59 at Padukalan to block the march, prompting the convoy to turn toward Jaipur, with reports differing on its size from over 200 vehicles to nearly 2,000.