Agitated sugarcane farmers padlocked Indushankar Sugar Mill in the district today to press for a hike in sugarcane price.
Before shutting the mill, hundreds of farmers from northern and southern VDCs of the district had demonstrated in the Hariwan section of the East-West highway.
Claiming that the government has not bothered to address their concerns even after talks with Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and Industries Minister Mahendra Prasad Raya, the farmers grouped under the banner of Sugarcane Farmers' Struggle Committee have announced a series of protests.
Uttar Kumar Mainali, a farmers' leader, slammed the sugar mills for showing unwillingness to pay Rs 421 for a quintal of sugarcane, though they were making a lot of money.
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