MATLI: The date of starting crushing seasons in the sugar mills of district Badin is uncertain as the growers has refused supplying sugarcane to the mills, terming the government purchase price insufficient.
Badin district is called sugarcane belt of Sindh province as five big sugar mills – Dewan Sugar Mills Talhar, Mirza Sugar Mills Kadhan, Army Welfare Sugar Mills Badin, Pangrio Sugar Mills and Khoski Sugar Mills – are situated in it. Sugar mills sources said that on the instructions of Sindh government the mills could start their crushing season before November 15.
However, leaders of sugarcane growers Sikander Ali Jat, Haji Nawab Laghari and Ismail Lashari told media the present sugarcane support rate is much less, and the growers demand the government support rate of sugarcane at Rs300 per maund or more. They said they would prefer burning their produce in front of sugar mills than selling it at low rate.
Meanwhile, the rice traders have lower the rates of purchasing paddy as the growers are eager to sell their produce at haste to generate money for Eid expenses. The owners of rice mills and big traders and commission agents have started manipulating the situation and dropped the purchase rates of rice and paddy. The small growers have no option but to sell their produce at what rates it could fetch as there are rumors in the market that the rate of rice would further drop after the Eid.
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