Ambala: sugar cane farmers in the Ambala area held a protest meeting while demanding pending payments from almost Rs 71 Crore from the current destructive season 2021-22, outside the Naraingarh sugar factory in Banondi Village in Ambala district on Monday.
Farmers related to Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Charuni, Ganna Kisan Sangharsh Samiti, and BKU Shaheed Bhagat Singh gathered outside the sugar factory and sat in protests in front of the gate demanding their payment.
Naraingarh Sub-Division Magistrate (HR) -Cum-Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Neeraj from Narayarh Sugar Mill reaches the protest site and tells the farmers that because of poor performance last season 2020-21, the sugar factory is not in a condition to remove Payments on time until the sugar produced is sold.
Bku District President Ambala, Malkiat Singh Sahibpura said, “The Sugar Mill began its operations for 2021-22 seasons on November 23, 2021, and now holds payments delayed for the past two months around RS 71 Crore.
In a protest meeting.
We have given time To the government to remove payments on February 13, if not, farmers will protest outside the Naraingarh HR office from February 14 and so on.
“HR Neeraj said the farmers demanded a guarantee that their payment must be made within 14 days.
“When we deleted RS 67 Crore payments last year during this destroyer season through factory funds, therefore, it was very clear that some payments for sugar cane purchased this season will remain delayed.
It is not possible for us to remove all payments.
For this season at this season This year only from Mill funds “, said HR NEERAJ.
HR said that this year so far, Naraingarh sugar sugar has bought sugar cane worth almost Rs 89 Crore from farmers, and Payment of RS 18 Crore has been released for the ongoing season while Rs 71 Crore is waiting.
For the query, HR Neeraj said, “The sugar factory has owed around RS 120 Crore which is delayed by the loan to the government and it will be the government’s decision to solve this problem.
So far, we have not received communication from the government regarding the payment of sugar cane.” Are you Will make efforts to talk to the government or senior officials to wait for farmer payments, HR NEERAJ said, “At this time, we have not thought so.
This is a private factory and management must release payments to farmers.
Even though the government is very aware that the financial condition of this factory Not too good.
Whatever decision taken will be told to the media.
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