Rs 200 cr pending Punjab cane growers to hold indefinite sit in on Jalandhar Amritsar highway

Tribune News ServiceJalandhar August 17Demanding fair price for their crop sugarcane growers under the banner ofthe Doaba Kisan Sangharsh Committee today announced holding an indefinite protest on the Jalandhar-Amritsar highway on August 20The farmers said growers in Haryana were getting Rs 48 more than what they were getting in Punjab The farmers also asked the government to clear their pending dues of nearly Rs 200 croreThe leaders said the per quintal price of sugarcane in Haryana was Rs 350 last year and it had now been increased to Rs 358 but in Punjab the sugarcane growers were still getting a price of Rs 310 per quintal for the past five yearsThey said Capt Amarinder Singh-led Congress government had failed to meet the demands of farmers despite raising the issue multiple times Apart from the inflated production rate the price of sugar has also crossed Rs 40 per kg in the market yet farmers are not receiving appropriate price for their crop said Jaskaran Singh a farm leaderThe sugarcane growers urged the state government to hike the price by Rs 90 per quintal