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Sugarcane growers continued to protestation successful Mudhol of Bagalkot and different places connected Wednesday demanding prices higher than the ₹3,300 per tonne fixed by the State government.
In Mudhol, farmers took retired a bullock cart rally and tried to laic a siege to authorities offices.
They person been connected onslaught for 3 days now, demanding ₹3,500 per tonne.
The rally that began astatine the Sangolli Rayanna Circle reached the Tahsildar’s bureau done Gandhi Circle, Basaveshwara Circle, Ambedkar Circle, Shivaji Circle, Gadannavara Circle and Ranna Circle.
The farmers besides blocked the Kasaba-Jambagi Cross Road and refused to let sugarcane-carrying lorries to scope the factories.
An effort to negociate with the farmers, led by territory in-charge Minister R.B. Thimmapur and the territory medication officials, failed.
Protestors locked immoderate State authorities offices and also, the section station office. The police, however, stopped them erstwhile they tried to fastener the mini Vidhana Soudha.
Farmers person Basavanthappa Kamble said that the State authorities has sided with the mill owners who are cheating farmers successful weighing cane, declaring sweetener betterment and are failing to wage Fair and Remunerative Prices for sugarcane.
Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha person Muthappa Komar warned of an intensified agitation if their request is not met.
In Kagwad, the erstwhile MLA Mohan Hirachand Shah demanded that each the factories should wage the government-fixed terms of ₹3,300 irrespective of the sweetener betterment percentage.
In Athani, person Shivanand Khot demanded outgo to farmers successful 14 days of procurement.
Meanwhile, respective factories successful Belagavi territory announced that they are consenting to wage the ₹3,300 announced by the State government, including the State inducement of ₹50.
Some factories similar Satish Sugars successful Belagavi began crushing operations. Factory manager and Congress person Rahul Jarkiholi performed puja to statesman crushing.
Chief Financial Officer of the mill Pradeep Kumar Indi said that the mill has acceptable a people to crush 15 lakh tonnes of sugarcane successful the 2025-26 season. He promised to wage bills connected schedule.
