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Nearly 500 farmers from Nagari and Sathyavedu Assembly constituencies staged a protestation successful beforehand of Netams Sugar Factory astatine Nindra successful Chittoor territory connected Saturday, demanding the clearance of debts amounting to ₹37 crore that person been pending since the crushing twelvemonth of 2019-20.
The country Sugarcane Growers Association president, Adinarayana Reddy, and wide caput Avula Srinivasa Yadav, who led the agitation, said that Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Nagari MLA Gali Bhanuprakash should bash justness to astir 2,000 farmers who supplied sugarcane to the mill during that year. “Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu had fixed a wide assurance during the 2024 elections that if elected to power, the authorities would reopen the sweetener mill and wide the dues to the farmers. However, determination has been nary effect from the them truthful far,” Mr. Srinivasa Yadav said.
The agitating farmers said that the mill was closed instantly aft the 2019-20 crushing year, and their appeals to the absorption for pending dues went successful vain. “If justness is not done to the farmers, the agitation would beryllium intensified,” said A.P. Rythu Sangham coordinator Hemalatha.
