Sugarcane dues: more mills face action in Uttar Pradesh
The Hindu
Action taken in west U.P., a hotbed of protests against three farm laws
After booking the management of a sugar mill in Lakhimpur Kheri on charges of “financial exploitation” of cane farmers, FIRs have been lodged against at least five other mills in Uttar Pradesh for not paying farmers their dues despite directions by the Government.
While three cases were lodged against mills in Shamli, another was lodged in neighbouring Baghpat district in west U.P., where farmers and farm outfits have been staging a dharna against the three farm laws and for a guaranteed minimum support price law as well as pending cane payments. A second FIR was lodged in Lakhimpur Kheri, the district in the Terai often dubbed the “sugar bowl”.
The district cane officer of Baghpat said an FIR was lodged against the Malakpur Sugar Mill for dues of ₹248 crore.
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