Madurai: The Tamil Nadu Sugarcane Farmers Association on Thursday demanded the opening of the National Co-operative Sugar Mills at Alanganallur in Madurai, which has not been functioning for the past two years, and start crushing operations as soon as possible. The association made this demand at a conference held in Madurai.
Madurai MP Su Venkatesan, who inaugurated a conference, appealed to the state government and chief minister M K Stalin to immediately take notice of the issue and act. “This year, the National Co-operative Sugar Mills at Alanganallur must resume the crushing operations for the welfare of farmers. The Madurai district collector and administration must take efforts to ensure it. Further, the state government must also provide a loan of Rs 10 crore to the mill to start functioning again,” he said. The MP also slammed the central government for not considering the welfare of farmers and repealing the farm laws.
Viju Krishnan, vice-secretary, All India Kisan Sabha, New Delhi urged both the state and central government to consider the demands of all farmers. “The Prime Minister promised to increase farmers’ incomes, procurement prices of crops and various other welfare schemes and benefits. However, since the BJP came to power, over one lakh farmer suicides have occurred in the past seven years across the country. Corporates are being favoured over farmers,” he said.
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