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Pay Rs. 2,100 to sugarcane farmers, says Collector

SANGAREDDY: Collector S. Suresh Kumar made it clear to the management of Trident Sugar Factory, located in Zaheerabad of Medak district, that there was no other way but to pay Rs.2,100 per ton to sugarcane farmers.

In a meeting with sugarcane farmers and Trident management representatives held at Sangareddy on Wednesday, Mr. Suresh Kumar said that Trident was bound to pay on a par with other sugar factories located in neighbouring districts.

He had given two days time to the management to announce the price over and above Rs.2,100, which may be in the form of cash or kind –like supplying seed or extending input subsidy.

Creating confidence

“Create confidence among the farmers that you will protect their interests. You are going to lose heavily if the farmers lost confidence and shifted from sugarcane. Do not let the farmers down,” he told the Trident management, warning that the expansion plans of the management would face problems if they fail to maintain relations with farmers.

DCCB chairman M. Jaipal Reddy said that the factory management failed to keep the promise of paying the cost of harvesting and transportation thereby creating mistrust. “The area of crop cultivation has increased this year as farmers expected better price than last year. If not more, the management should pay at least the price they paid last year, that is Rs.2,250,'' he said adding that other managements had supplied seed of two ton per acre to the farmers.

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