Sugarcane growers to start state level protest
IP Singh | TNN | Dec 4, 2018, 10:50 IST
Representative image JALANDHAR: After private sugar mills have failed to start crushing this season, sugarcane growers have decided to stage a state level dharna outside Phagwara Sugar mill from Tuesday in which farmers from across the state would participate. Seven farmers' groups have joined hands for this agitation and they have hinted that they would turn the dharna into indefinite agitation.
Meanwhile, chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh held a meeting with Punjab Private Sugar Mills Association on Monday evening which remained inconclusive and it was decided that another meeting would be held on Tuesday.
Farmers have said that they have decided to hold the agitation after state government failed to implement the assurances given to them on November 18 when they were persuaded to lift their dharna on Jalandhar- Pathankot national highway and railway track at Dasuya, which they had started on November 17.
Meanwhile, chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh held a meeting with Punjab Private Sugar Mills Association on Monday evening which remained inconclusive and it was decided that another meeting would be held on Tuesday.
Farmers have said that they have decided to hold the agitation after state government failed to implement the assurances given to them on November 18 when they were persuaded to lift their dharna on Jalandhar- Pathankot national highway and railway track at Dasuya, which they had started on November 17.
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