Seeking release of dues, 4 cane farmers protest on roof of Dhuri SDM’s office

Parvesh Sharma
Tribune News Service
Sangrur, March 25

Four sugarcane farmers on Monday climbed on the roof of the Dhuri SDM’s office and started a protest for the release of their dues.

They carried a bottle of petrol with them.

Harjeet Singh Bugra, one of the farmers, said they had started an indefinite hunger strike. “In case police tries to remove us forcibly, we would consume celphos as we are carrying four tablets,” he said.

This is the third such protest by sugarcane farmers.

In Dhuri, two protests have been going on for the release of Rs 80 crore of cane-growers’ dues. 

Cane growers with their families have been sitting on an indefinite dharna on the Sangrur-Dhuri road near Benra village since March 7.

BKU (Lakhowal) leader Ujagar Singh, with the support of various organisations, including BKU (Rajewal), Kul Hind Kisan Sabha Punjab, Kisan Mukti Morcha and Aam Aadmi Party, has started an indefinite hunger strike in front of the sugar mill.