MADURAI: Sugarcane farmers in Sivaganga have demanded that pending dues for the past four years amounting to Rs 50 crore be given to them by Pongal this year. They have planned to submit individual petitions in this regard to the sugar mill management on December 27.
In a petition, submitted to the Sivaganga district collector, state general secretary of the Tamil Nadu sugarcane farmers association D Ravindran said that the private mill in Sivaganga district had not given the sugarcane farmers of the region their dues as prescribed by the government, for the years 2013 to 2014 and 2016 to 2017.
The dues have been pending for the last four years amounted to Rs 50 crore. The dues Rs 7.5 crore announced by the Central government for the year 2016-2017 was also not given. Hence, the dues should be paid by Pongal this year, he said.
Also, the Tamil Nadu government had not given the State Advise Price (SAP), but it is awarded as per the Rengarajan committee recommendations in the states where BJP is ruling including UP, Gujarat and Haryana. It should be followed in Tamil Nadu too and farmers should be given 50 per cent more along with the production cost, as per Dr M S Swaminathan's recommendations.
Over 3,000 farmers across the state had submitted individual petitions to the mills in their respective region, till date. On December 27 however, they will submit petitions seeking individual dues, he said.
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