Sugarcane farmers submit memo to government

Kapilvastu, March 6 :  Seven years have elapsed since the local sugarcane farmers of Kapilvastu have waged struggle. During the period, farmers have repeatedly submitted memorandum and staged protests to put pressure on the government to heed their demands. However, their demand have not been addressed as of today.     

On Monday, the agitating farmers handed over a memorandum to the government through the Area Administration Office Chandrauta demanding clearance of the payment they are entitled to.     

The demand was put forth as payment of sugarcane has not yet been made as per the decision of the Nepal government in the fiscal year 2071/72, farmers commented.     

The government designates the sugarcane price every year but the local businesspersons do not pay price to the farmers, said Kapilvastu Farmers Association Chairperson Anup Kumar Chaudhary, urging the government to pay attention to this situation.     

In the memorandum, the farmers have included 10 separate demands, including arrangement of irrigation, waiver in customs in the purchase of tractor and establishment of sugar mill.(RSS)