Farmers hold protest against sugar mill
Tribune News Service
Morinda, April 9
The Bharatiya Kisan Union (Sidhupur) staged a protest against the management of Morinda Sugar Mill for the alleged delay in paying farmers here today.
Union vice-president Mehar Singh Kheri and district president Kulwinder Singh Udampur said the mill management owed nearly Rs 50 crore to farmers.
The union workers, led by Kheri, reached the mill premises around 12 noon and staged a dharna. Kheri alleged the management had not been paying the farmers since December 23.
District president Kulwinder Singh said keeping in view the heavy losses suffered by the farmers due to bad weather, the state government should look into the matter. They submitted a memorandum to Chamkaur Sahib Sub-Divisional Magistrate Sanyam Aggarwal.
