UP govt orders sugar mills functioing till sugarcane availability

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Lucknow, May 21(UNI) Uttar Pradesh government has ordered functioning of all the sugarmills in the state till the sugercane is standing in the fields.

Announcing this in the assembly, state parliamentary affairs minister Lalji Verma said the government was committed to looking after the well being of the farmers and sugar mills will continue crushing till the cane is available.

Raising the issue deputy leader of the BJP Hukum Singh said several sugar mills have started closing their operations even as the canes are in the fields.

Urging the government to give an appropriate order for the mills to continue their operations, Mr Singh said there are certain sugar mills in Badaun and other places in western UP who are on the verge of ending their crushing.

UNI

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