Umarkhed, The Vasant cooperative sugar factory of Popali, which was once known as Kamdhenu for the farmers of the subdivision, has been closed for the last 3 to 4 years, due to which the farmers of the area have to give sugarcane with respect to other sugar factory management. Keeping this in mind that the farmer is needy, this factory has imposed various conditions this time.
Due to which thousands of hectares of sugarcane is standing in the field even after the passage of 14 to 15 months, which is reducing in weight due to sprouting, due to which the farmers are worried. Overall, due to the arbitrariness of sugarcane factory management, the farmers are getting pathetic, so that the inconvenience of the farmers is removed, for this, a memorandum has been submitted by the Nationalist Congress Party to the Umarkhed sub-divisional officer.
Due to the closure of the Vasant Cooperative Sugar Factory of the premises for three to four years, the sugarcane growing farmers have to exercise on wires while selling sugarcane to other factories. In Umarkhed tehsil, sugarcane is grown in an area of more than 2900 hectares, in this area, 50 percent of the sugarcane aged 14 to 15 months is lying in the fields, which the farmers are waiting to be bought by the factory.
Due to drying of sugarcane, its weight is decreasing, due to which farmers are suffering huge economic loss. But factories have imposed various conditions on the farmers.
After the sowing of sugarcane in November 2020, it is lying in the fields in spite of its production. Due to the adamant attitude of the factories, now the sugarcane growers in the district are also facing a crisis, considering all these issues, the government should give justice to the farmers. Take immediate action, NCP Youth Congress President Bablu Jadhav, NCP’s Mithilesh Jaiswal, Sudhakar Rathod, Pradeep Jadhav, Bhimrao Patil Chandravanshi, Datta Gangasagar, Santosh Suryavanshi, Akshay Chavan, Amol Suryavanshi, Bhaskarrao have made a panda.