
Farmers move court seeking reopening of National Cooperative Sugar Mills in Alanganallur
The Hindu
Tamil Nadu Sugarcane Growers Association President N. Palanisamy filed a public interest litigation petition before the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday seeking a direction to the Stat
Tamil Nadu Sugarcane Growers Association President N. Palanisamy filed a public interest litigation petition before the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday seeking a direction to the State to restart the National Cooperative Sugar Mills at Alanganallur in the district for sugarcane crushing.
A Division Bench of Justices Paresh Upadhyay and Krishnan Ramasamy ordered notice to the State. The petitioner Palanisamy said due to drought and inadequate supply of water to the sugarcane growing areas in the region in 2019-20 and 2020-21, the yield had reduced in the past two crushing seasons, resulting in the temporary stoppage of the sugar mill.Apprehending that the mill would suffer a loss, the Workers and Management Officials were transferred to other cooperative mills and some employees were laid off.