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The Karnataka Prantha Raitha Sangha (KPRS) has accused Siddhasiri Sugar Factory successful Chincholi taluk successful Kalaburagi territory of cheating farmers by manipulating cane value measurements.
Addressing a property league present connected Friday, KPRS territory president Sharanabasappa Mamshetty said a sugarcane husbandman from Muttaga colony successful Sedam taluk had weighed his sugarcane load astatine a backstage physics weighbridge, which showed 34.25 kg. However, erstwhile the aforesaid load was weighed astatine the Siddhasiri factory, it reportedly showed lone 33.63 kg, a quality of 620 kg.
Calling this ‘clear exploitation’ of farmers, Mr. Mamshetty demanded that authorities prehend the weighing instrumentality astatine the mill and guarantee the farmers were paid for the ‘fraudulently reduced’ quantity. He besides urged the authorities to initiate enactment against mill officials liable for the discrepancy.
Mr. Mamshetty said the State authorities indispensable signifier a committee to guarantee transparency successful cane procurement and forestall specified practices successful sweetener factories crossed the region.
He said that KPRS, on with sugarcane growers, would beryllium staging a protestation astatine Bankur Cross successful Shahabad connected December 15, followed by different protestation extracurricular the Deputy Commissioner’s bureau successful Kalaburagi connected December 16 to property for their demands.
