Daijiworld Media Network - Panaji
Panaji, Mar 30: Sugarcane farmers, under the banner of Uss Utpadak Sangharsh Samiti (UUSS), have threatened to agitate if the government fails to keep its word on payment of compensation. The farmers have alleged that the government is trying to implement old schemes.
Chandan Unandkar, vice president of the group said that based on the chief minister Pramod Sawant and deputy chief minister Chandrakant 'Babu' Kavlekar's request a meeting was arranged in the beginning of the year. An assurance was given by Sawant to the farmers that they would be paid compensation at the rate of Rs 3,600 per tonne, considering average production over eight years.
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He had also assured them that their fields would be cleaned free of cost.