Unpaid cane dues: Farmers’ bid to storm Deputy Commissioner’s office foiled

Tension prevailed connected Tuesday (April 21) arsenic hundreds of sugarcane farmers attempted to tempest the Deputy Commissioner’s office, alleging non-payment of the further ₹100 per tonne announced by the State government.

The constabulary intervened and foiled the attempt, starring to little scuffles and jostling astatine the entrance. The agitating farmers aboriginal staged a sit-in protestation successful the portico and vowed to proceed their agitation until their dues are cleared. Protesters said they would not relent until the Deputy Commissioner convenes a gathering and arrives astatine a solution.