Farmers stage 'Chakka Jam' at Kognoli toll plaza on Pune-Bengaluru highway

Kolhapur, Oct 13 (UNI) The Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana (SSS), along with farmers' organisations from Maharashtra and Karnataka, staged a 'Chakka Jam' (road blockade) agitation at the Kognoli toll plaza on the Pune-Bengaluru National Highway on Tuesday, following the failure of talks with union Ministers Pralhad Joshi and Shivraj Singh Chouhan over their demands for higher sugar prices and financial assistance to sugarcane farmers. Hundreds of farmers and SSS workers, led by the organisation's national president and former MP Raju Shetti, gathered at the Maharashtra-Karnataka border checkpoint in Kognoli and staged a sit-in on the highway, bringing traffic to a standstill.…