Hubballi: Upset over the delay on the part of a sugar factory in
crushing sugarcane, a farmer in Kakur Tanda,
Gadag district, set
standing crops on his 2 acres of land on fire on Sunday.
Prakash Abbigeri poured kerosene on his sugarcane crop and set it on fire. The farmer said that he grew the crop on 6 acres of land. "I will wait for 2-3 days. If the factory failed to visit my field (for crushing sugarcane), I will burn the remaining crop," he said.
Prakash said that the factory should crush sugarcane within 12 months of its growth. "The factory should have crushed the cane by October 2017," he said.
Vijayanagar Sugar Factory, Gangapur, has been buying the sugarcane from farmers in the area for the past few years.
Ravi S, AGM, sugarcane department, Vijayanagar Sugar Factory, said that he visited Prakash's field. "He took a hasty decision as his turn would have come within 10 days. Though we convinced him to start crushing soon, he did heed to our advice," he said.
Tahsildar and other officials also visited the field.
Prakash Abbigeri put on fire sugarcane crop grown over his 2 acres of land in Kakur Tanda on Sunday. He threat... Read More
