<p>Sugarcane growers will lay a siege to the Vidhana Soudha and launch a ‘jail bharo’ campaign on September 28 demanding that the government fix a price of Rs 3,000 per tonne of sugarcane.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Raitha Sangha leader K S Puttannaiah told reporters here on Wednesday that farmers from Mandya, Chamarajanagar, Hassan and Ramanagar districts will take part in the agitation. A huge procession will be taken out from the Bangalore City railway station, before laying siege to the Vidhana Soudha.<br /><br />“The government has overlooked the recommendations of the committee it had formed to fix the price for sugarcane. It has fixed the price at Rs 2,200 a tonne to the advantage of sugar factories. We have rejected the price and won’t take part in the meeting scheduled for September 27,” Puttannaiah said.<br /><br />The price of sugarcane should be linked to that of sugar. Sugarcane was purchased at Rs 2,000 a quintal, while sugar traded at Rs 2,700 a quintal during 2011-12. <br /><br />“Sugar now costs Rs 3,300-Rs 3,650 per quintal and the price of sugarcane should be fixed accordingly. A tonne of sugarcane would cost Rs 3,700 if the prices of molasses and sugar are taken into consideration,” he added.<br /><br />Sugar fund<br /><br />Puttannaiah said units manufacturing sub-products should be started in all the 59 sugar factories (in public, co-operative and private sectors) of the State. <br /><br />They should set up a sugar fund to make payments to sugarcane growers on time, he said. He said that the government should bring in a bill to fix the state advisory price (SAP) for sugarcane, to help the growers.</p>
<p>Sugarcane growers will lay a siege to the Vidhana Soudha and launch a ‘jail bharo’ campaign on September 28 demanding that the government fix a price of Rs 3,000 per tonne of sugarcane.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Raitha Sangha leader K S Puttannaiah told reporters here on Wednesday that farmers from Mandya, Chamarajanagar, Hassan and Ramanagar districts will take part in the agitation. A huge procession will be taken out from the Bangalore City railway station, before laying siege to the Vidhana Soudha.<br /><br />“The government has overlooked the recommendations of the committee it had formed to fix the price for sugarcane. It has fixed the price at Rs 2,200 a tonne to the advantage of sugar factories. We have rejected the price and won’t take part in the meeting scheduled for September 27,” Puttannaiah said.<br /><br />The price of sugarcane should be linked to that of sugar. Sugarcane was purchased at Rs 2,000 a quintal, while sugar traded at Rs 2,700 a quintal during 2011-12. <br /><br />“Sugar now costs Rs 3,300-Rs 3,650 per quintal and the price of sugarcane should be fixed accordingly. A tonne of sugarcane would cost Rs 3,700 if the prices of molasses and sugar are taken into consideration,” he added.<br /><br />Sugar fund<br /><br />Puttannaiah said units manufacturing sub-products should be started in all the 59 sugar factories (in public, co-operative and private sectors) of the State. <br /><br />They should set up a sugar fund to make payments to sugarcane growers on time, he said. He said that the government should bring in a bill to fix the state advisory price (SAP) for sugarcane, to help the growers.</p>
