Hundreds of sugarcane farmers staged a demonstration in front of the Sri Ambika Sugars at Thugili near Kumbakonam demanding payment of Rs. 2,650 per tonne of sugarcane as announced by the Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday.
They said that the management of the mills refuse to pay the amount stating that it had not received the government order yet. The mill is prepared to pay the earlier price of Rs. 2,100 a tonne.
Murugan, president of the movement against proposed Methane extraction project in the Cauvery delta districts led the agitation. He said that when the sugarcane farmers are demanding Rs. 3,000 per tonne stating that the price announced by State government was not reasonable, mill authorities are paying even less than what the Tamil Nadu Government has announced.
"We will not cut the sugarcane till the mill paid the price announced by the State government" Mr.Murugan said and appealed to Tamil Nadu Government to intervene in the matter. He also cautioned the mill authorities that sugarcane farmers may be forced to intensify agitation if the Tamil Nadu Government price is not paid.
