About 65 farmers have been detained by the police for demolishing structures on 13.2 acre panchayati land erected by a solar power company at Awan village, 16 km from here, today. The farmers have been protesting against the construction of solar power project on the panchayat land allegedly offered to a private company without following required procedure. They alleged that Azure Power Punjab Private Limited was continuing with the construction on the said land, despite the lower court deciding the case in favour of the farmers who had been cultivating the land for the past 30 to 35 years. However, Sarpanch of the village Gurcharan Singh Raju had claimed that they had given a letter to the power company asking them to stop work on the site. He said they had given the land to the company after receiving final approval from the state government in this regard. Managing Director of the company Vikramjit Singh said they were not a party to the case as the dispute was between the farmers and the panchayat. Deputy Commissioner Kahan Singh Pannu said a committee headed by SDM Ajnala had been formed for the early resolving of the issue. Meanwhile, the police station was gheroed by hundreds of farmers to protest against the arrests. Activists of various pro-Leftists farmers organisations, including the Kirti Kisan Union and the Bharti Kisan Union, arrived in the town to show solidarity with the arrested farmers. The dharna was continuing till the filing of the report.