Pune-Bengaluru highway blockade
Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said, “Govt fixes the fair and remunerative price, which the mills pay. The issue of price is between millers and farmers. We have asked minister Hasan Mushrif to initiate talks and resolve the situation.”
Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana leader Raju Shetti is demanding Rs 4,500 per tonne for sugar cane. The millers are selling sugar at Rs 5,400 per quintal and they want us to get only FRP, while keeping the rest of the money for their elections. ” Chand told stakeholders that their views would be conveyed to Centre, which would take the final policy decision. Because govt, which is the guardian of all of us, is ignoring the demand, announcing that the agitation would continue at least till Thursday, Shetti said: “The travellers are facing troubles.
We have no food to eat, no drinking water,” a truck driver said. Police said patrolling teams were helping stranded truckers with food and water. “Farmers are willing to settle for Rs 4,200 per tonne,” he, however, said on Wednesday evening, adding, “Mushrif proposed Rs 3,850 per tonne, which we have rejected.
Police have diverted traffic travelling between Mumbai-Pune and Kolhapur-Bengaluru via Rahimatpur, Pusesavali, Sangli, Ankali and Sangli Phata. “We left Mysore with a consignment of cooking oil to be delivered in Mumbai. But we have been stuck on the highway since Tuesday afternoon. We have decided to observe a bandh in Kolhapur, Sangli and Satara districts if govt does not accept the price demand. Our demand is not irrational.