Uttar Pradesh: Farmers demand sugarcane price hike for new crushing season
Farmers in Saharanpur, under the Kisan Nyay Morcha, have urged the Uttar Pradesh government to set sugarcane prices at ₹450 per quintal for early varieties before the start of the crushing season. They also called for an end to irregularities in land registration and demanded legal action against corrupt officials. A memorandum outlining these concerns was submitted to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath through Tehsildar Pushpankar Dev. The movement is led by Ranveer Singh, with other key farmer leaders present during the submission.
Saharanpur: Farmers affiliated with the Kisan Nyay Morcha have urged the state government to announce sugarcane prices of Rs. 450 per quintal before sugar mills start crushing season, reported Live Hindustan.
They have also demanded an end to irregularities in the registration of land shares in revenue records.
On Friday, under the leadership of farmer leader Ranveer Singh (Advocate), the farmers submitted a memorandum addressed to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath through Tehsildar Pushpankar Dev. In the memorandum, the farmers called for the price of early-variety sugarcane to be set at Rs. 450 per quintal and regular-variety sugarcane at Rs. 440 per quintal before the mills begin operations.
The memorandum also requested an investigation into the activities of farmers and revenue officials and demanded legal action against those found guilty. Present during the submission of the memorandum were Surendra Kumar, Sher Singh, Ilam Chand, Joginder, Sagar, Satish Goyal, and Suraj Chauhan, among others.
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