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The sugarcane-laden tractor trolleys that were acceptable ablaze astatine Sameerwadi successful Bagalkot territory connected Thursday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Miscreants acceptable occurrence to sugarcane-laden tractors and trolleys parked connected the field of the Godavari Bio Refineries Sugar Factory astatine Sameerwadi successful Bagalkot territory connected Thursday. The constabulary estimation that astatine slightest 15 of the 100 tractors and bikes were wholly oregon partially burnt successful the incident.
The incidental occurred erstwhile a radical of astir 300 sugarcane growers were connected protestation extracurricular the mill gates. They wanted to laic siege to the mill and request a basal terms of ₹3,500 per tonne. Members of assorted farmers’ associations person been connected onslaught for astir 2 weeks now, demanding ₹3,500 per tonne. They person rejected the terms of ₹3,300 announced by the government. Sameerwadi is astir 20 km from Mudhol.
Subhash Sirbur, Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha leader, told reporters astatine Sameerwadi that a pack of miscreants came from wrong the mill and acceptable occurrence to the vehicles. He denied that farmers were progressive successful the offence.
“All the protesting farmers were extracurricular the mill gates. When we marched towards the factory, the constabulary stopped us. How could we acceptable occurrence to vehicles successful beforehand of the factory? It was a radical of miscreants who acceptable the vehicles connected fire, arsenic they wanted to bring a atrocious sanction to us,” helium claimed.
He alleged that the mill absorption wanted to falsely implicate the farmers. An email sent to the mill absorption seeking a absorption to the allegation is yet to person a response.
Shivanand Patil, Sugar Minister, said, “A elaborate enquiry volition uncover who was responsible. The Bagalkot Deputy Commissioner and the Superintendent of Police person been holding a bid of meetings with farmers for astir 10 days now. But they remained adamant astatine ₹3,500 per tonne successful each factories irrespective of sweetener betterment percentages and outgo successful 1 instalment. We volition effort to resoluteness the substance by talking to protesters again,’’ helium said.
He said that arsenic galore arsenic 13 factories successful Bagalkot and surrounding areas had fixed him documents to beryllium that they were paying betwixt ₹3,400 to ₹3,600 per tonne, supra the terms of ₹3,300 announced by the Chief Minister aft a caller meeting. Mr Patil reiterated that that the Union authorities fixed the Fair and Remunerative Price and not the State government.
District in-charge Minister R.B. Thimmapur said helium had called a gathering of farmers and mill owners connected Thursday, but the unit occured earlier they could reason the meeting.
