Kalaburagi: Sugarcane growers Kalaburagi district have urged KPR sugarcane factory to pay them dues pending for 2022-23. The factory in Chinamagera has been cheating them without paying, they alleged, putting the dues for 2022-23 at Rs 16 crore
Sugarcane Growers’ Association district president Ramesh Hugar, who met the sugar commissioner in Bengaluru recently, urged the latter to take legal action against the factory management.
A memorandum has also been submitted in this regard.
Other sugarcane factories in the district, like Renuka Sugars, have paid Rs 2,550 per tonne to farmers.
Though the factories in the district have promised to pay Rs 2,550 per tonne, KPR factory has paid only Rs 2,500, and kept Rs 50 per tonne as balance, they said. If the dues are not paid, they will launch agitation in front of the factory, and will not let the factory function, he said.
