Mudalgi: Farmers who had been staging protest at Gurlapur in Mudalgi taluk demanding Rs 5,500 price per tonne for sugarcane for the past six days announced that they would stage statewide bandh on Saturday.Farmers had ea…

Mudalgi: Farmers who had been staging protest at Gurlapur in Mudalgi taluk demanding Rs 5,500 price per tonne for sugarcane for the past six days announced that they would stage statewide bandh on Saturday.Farmers had earlier announced protest at Hattargi toll plaza in Hukkeri taluk along the Pune-Bengaluru national highway on Saturday. Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Roshan issued orders to ban the blocking of traffic on the Pune-Bengaluru national highway. Karnataka Upalokayukta pulls up APMC Belagavi officials over lack of transparency, unfair prices for farmersThe farmers’ association Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) and Hasiru Sene Honorary President Shashikant Gufuji said, “lakhs of farmers will take part in the protest across the state and were prepared to face all action taken by the government. We want government to face the consequences.”KRRS State President Chunappa Pujeri said, “farmers are protesting for the past one month, yet there was no response from government. Sugarcane growers were in distress and government despite being aware of their plight has been meeting injustices to them. Government has been cheating farmers for the past many years and farmers have become aware now. We shall not relax until demand of Rs 5,500 price per tonne was met.”

Source: Deccan Herald