Raju Shetti addressing cane farmers meet at Kodoli
The blockade, by the Raju Shetti-led Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana over sugarcane prices, will commence at 11 am. Previously, he had blocked the highway at Kognoli toll across the Maharashtra-Karnataka border for 36 hours. Shetti said, “We are demanding Rs 4,500 per ton.
Shetti announced his plan to block the national highway at the Kini toll booth two days in advance. You Can Also Check: Gold Rate in Kolhapur | Silver Rate in Kolhapur | Bank Holidays in Kolhapur | Public Holidays in Kolhapur Stay updated with the latest Kolhapur news.
We have diversions in place, which we appeal to travellers to follow for their further journey,” said Gorkah Choudhar, police inspector of Vadgaon police station. Kolhapur guardian minister Prakash Abitkar said that he would get proposals from sugar millers on how much they are ready to offer for the sugarcane. Kolhapur: Kolhapur police have appealed to commuters travelling or planning to travel along the Pune-Bengaluru national highway to brace for a traffic jam, as diversions will be in place owing to a blockade at Kini toll booth along the Kolhapur-Sangli district border. “The outfit’s workers had informed us about the protest. We will deploy an adequate number of cops to ensure that traffic is not obstructed. Two meetings were held between farmers’ outfits and sugar millers in the past week, but they remained inconclusive. However, this has not happened yet. The mills can at least declare their prices, and farmers are not ready to send their cane to mills that do not declare prices. We are ready to block the highway for multiple days. Download the TOI App.