Thailand : Sugar mill resumes operation after protest threat
The Thai Sugar Udon Thani mill has resumed operations after being banned for exceeding the 25% limit on burned sugarcane procurement, buying 43% of its total from charred crops. Farmers, protesting with 2,000 trucks of harvest, canceled plans to block roads after the mill’s reinstatement.
The Thai Sugar Udon Thani mill has been allowed to resume operations after being banned from purchasing farmers’ sugarcane.
The Udon Thani Provincial Industrial Office announced that the mill can resume operations and restart its machinery.
Since Wednesday, a large group of farmers had camped outside the mill, demanding the company purchase their harvest—stored in about 2,000 trucks. The farmers showed up after learning that the Industry Ministry had ordered the mill to stop buying charred sugarcane.
The mill had exceeded the 25% limit on burned sugarcane procurement, purchasing over 410,000 tonnes, which accounted for 43% of its total purchases this season. This volume equated to burning sugarcane from around 41,000 rai (approximately 6,560 hectares) of farmland.
Farmers had earlier threatened to block roads with their trucks in protest.
After the factory was permitted to resume operations, the farmers announced they would not stage the protest.
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Source : The Nation Thailand
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