Belagavi, Oct. 26 -- Sugarcane growers on Monday demanded that the Karnataka government announce a decision to meet their demands, including a price of at least Rs 5,500 per tonne, warning of an intensified agitation if their demands were not addressed.
Farmer activist Chukki Nanjundaswamy, speaking ahead of a meeting with Chief Minister DK Shivakumar at Suvarna Vidhana Soudha here, said farmers had been protesting for several days, including blocking a national highway and taking out a march, prompting the government to convene the meeting.
The Chief Minister should announce a concrete decision on fulfilling the farmers' demands at the meeting, Nanjundaswamy said, insisting that sugarcane growers be paid at least Rs 5,500 per tonne.
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