Kolhapur, Oct. 27 -- Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana(SSS) national president and former MP Raju Shetty announced the launch of 'Chavani Andolan' (camp protests) from today at different places of the district to stop transport vehicles from supplying sugarcane to sugar factories for crushing as the first installment had not been announced of Rs 4,500 per tonne sugarcane this year.
Accusing the sugar millers of violating the law by starting the crushing season without announcing the first harvest of sugarcane, Shetty said that SSS has decided to start a 'cantonment' movement from today.
Farmers' cantonments will be set up on the main roads in the area where sugar factories are operating and will block the transport of sugarcane and not a sin...