With sugarcane growers expected to reach Hubballi on Friday for a protest, the police have installed barricades at several places, including roads leading to Union Minister Pralhad Joshi’s residence and office, as a precautionary measure. | Photo Credit: KIRAN BAKALE
As hundreds of sugarcane growers are expected to reach Hubballi in the next two-three days as part of their Hubballi Chalo to press for their various demands and proposed agitation in front of Union Minister Pralhad Joshi’s residence, the police have stepped up security in the city.
Farmers have been demanding that the Union government fix the price of sugarcane at ₹5,500 a tonne, raise the minimum support price (MSP) of sugar to ₹60 a kg and implement the Swaminathan Commission recommendations.
They have also sought a scientific pricing mechanism for agricultural produce and measures to ensure remunerative prices for their produce.
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