Sugarcane farmers have staged strong demonstrations in front of the Sugar Mills as a mark of protest against the delay in cane crushing season in Faisalabad Division, here on Monday. The major demonstration held at Jaranwala, where protesters carrying banners and placards reached on tractor-trolleys, wagons and buses at the call of Farmers Association and Kissan Board Faisalabad.
Protestors raised slogans against the Punjab Government and local administration for step-motherly treatment with Sugarcane farmers. They staged a sit-in at front of Hussain Sugar Mills Jaranwala and demanded the chief minister for immediate order of launching Sugarcane Crushing, which was used to start in Punjab during the first week of November in every year.
Rana Abdul Waheed, local leader of Jamat-e-Islami and Kissan Board, who led the demonstration, said that delayed cane crushing a conspiracy of the Mill owners and Government, because both are connected with Sugar Trading. Farmers are still demanding cane payment of last year's supply. Addressing another gathering of farmers, the Divisional President, Kissan Board Ali Ahmad Goriya warned that the delay in sugarcane crushing is yielding negative impact over 'Farming Economy' and yielding benefits of Sugar Mills owners.
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