Members of the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) and Hasiru Sene staged a demonstration here on Thursday seeking their demands such as immediate revival of the State-run Mysore Sugar Company Ltd. (Mysugar mill).
They protested in front of the M. Visvesvaraya statue on Bengaluru-Mysuru highway, and urged the Union and State governments to initiate measures to waive crop loans taken by farmers.
The agitators asked the State government to release a White Paper on the efforts initiated to develop the mill, and demanded that all five sugar mills in the district immediately clear outstanding dues to sugarcane growers. If they failed, the government should seize and auction properties and the sugar stocks of the mills, they demanded. The farmers also wanted the governments to announce special packages for farmers across the State.
Massive protest
According to the agitators, KRRS has decided to hold a massive rally of farmers in the district on Friday. Farmers from Mandya, Mysuru, Ramanagaram, Chamarajanagar, Kodagu, and Hassan districts will participate, they said.
Urge the Union
and State governments to initiate measures to waive crop loans
