Sugarcane Rate: Sugarcane agitation flared up in Kolhapur, unknown people set tractor on fire!
Kolhapur Sugarcane Rate : Under the leadership of farmer leader former MP Raju Shetty, protest marches have been taking place for the past few days and statements are being given to various factories in Kolhapur and Sangli districts. While the transportation of sugar to some factories was also stopped, the tractor supplying sugarcane to the private sector and the factory was set on fire by unknown persons.
With this incident on Tuesday night, the sugarcane price agitation has become fierce. Jaisingpur police inspected the spot.
Last year, during the agitation of Swabhimani Farmers’ Association for the demand of Rs. 400 per tonne of broken sugarcane, unknown persons set fire to a tractor carrying sugarcane for a private factory in Nimshirgaon (Shirol).
This incident happened on Tuesday (24 hours) around night. The tractor was heavily damaged in the fire. On behalf of the Swabhimani Shetkar Sangathan, the agitation is going on for the demand of four hundred rupees.
Swabhimani Shektar Sangathan had given an implicit warning that sugar factories should not be started without paying Rs.400. The Ghodawat jaggery factory at Chipri (Shirol) started cutting sugarcane without announcing the first sugarcane harvest. Around last night, when sugarcane was being transported from Nimshirgaon, the angry workers set fire to the sugarcane tractor.
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