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Farmers nether the banner of the Sugarcane Growers’ Association observed a bandh successful Afzalpur, Kalaburagi district, connected Thursday, demanding a just terms of ₹3,500 per tonne of sugarcane and the fulfilment of different pending demands.
From aboriginal morning, hundreds of farmers staged a protestation astatine Basaveshwar Circle, disrupting vehicular question successful the municipality for hours. Traffic betwixt Kalaburagi–Solapur and Vijayapura–Ghattargi routes was affected, causing inconvenience to commuters and travellers. The bandh besides caused difficulties for pilgrims from Maharashtra heading to Deval Gangapur, a fashionable pilgrimage centre that houses the Dattatreya Temple, wherever the Karthik Mahotsav and a assemblage feast were being held.
Protesting farmers blocked 4 large roads, acceptable tyres connected fire, and raised slogans against the authorities and sweetener factories, accusing them of neglecting growers’ welfare. They besides marched done the main marketplace area, appealing to traders to adjacent their shops. Most commercialized establishments crossed the municipality remained unopen successful solidarity with the agitation.
Agitating farmers acceptable tyres connected occurrence successful Afzalpur, Kalaburagi district, connected Thursday, demanding terms of ₹3,500 per tonne of sugarcane. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
The protesters alleged wide irregularities successful weighment and measurement astatine sweetener mills and complained that tractor owners and harvesting teams were collecting amerciable payments from farmers for transporting and cutting cane.
“All these exploitative practices indispensable stop. The authorities and factories indispensable hole ₹3,500 per tonne arsenic the sugarcane terms and commencement crushing immediately. Until then, we volition proceed our agitation and roadworthy blockade,” Ramesh Hugar, president of District Sugarcane Growers’ Association, declared astatine the agitating site.
At a fewer places, schoolchildren besides joined the protest, raising slogans against the authorities and urging it to code the issues faced by sugarcane growers. Farmers continued their agitation astatine Basaveshwar Circle successful the municipality until Afzalpur Tahsildar visited them astir 5:00 p.m.
“The Tahsildar said that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah would clasp a gathering with sweetener mill owners connected Friday to find a solution to the cane terms issue. We, the agitating farmers, person decided to telephone disconnected the protestation for the time and hold for the result of the meeting. If the gathering fails to instrumentality a favourable decision, we volition reassemble successful the municipality and resume the agitation with greater intensity,” Sharanabasappa Mamshetty, territory president of the Karnataka Prantha Raitha Sangha (KPRS), told reporters.
Prominent leaders who participated successful the protestation included Bhaganana Kumbar, Siddu Dannoor, Lakshmiputra Manami, Dhanu Patate, Sharangouda Mali Patil, Basavaraj Wali, Raju Badadal, Siddaram Sultannapur, Revanasiddayya Math, Dhareppa Gowda Biradar, and Sharanappa Melakundi.
