India, Nov. 9 -- Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana (SSS) chief and former MP Raju Shetti has announced a sugarcane farmers' morcha at the Solapur district collectorate on November 16, demanding higher cane prices for farmers in the district.

Shetti made the announcement at a meeting with over 4,000 sugarcane farmers in Pandharpur on Sunday. The farmers urged him to put pressure on all 39 sugar mills in Solapur district to increase the price paid for sugarcane.

"The Solapur cane farmers want the sugar mills to replicate the Kolhapur model that was decided recently after our agitation. If they do not act fast, then I will lead a massive morcha of the cane farmers from all the 11 talukas of Solapur on November 16," Shetti told HT.

He said th...