From farms to mills, it s a long wait for UP farmers just to get sugarcane weighed
Some pass their time chit-chatting about the ongoing protests, others while smoking bidis or cigarettes, but all of them sound worried about loads of sugarcane drying under a scorching sun.
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A sugarcane transporter takes rest on a tractor while waiting for two days to weigh his yield on a scale at Bhopada in Muzaffarnagar. (Photo | PTI) By PTI
MUZAFFARNAGAR: As thousands of farmers lay siege to Delhi borders for over 100 days demanding the repeal of three contentious farm laws, those staying back in Western Uttar Pradesh have to endure a different kind of long wait at times for multiple days just to get weighed quintals of sugarcane lying in tractor-trollies on their way from farms to mills.
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March 07, 2021 14:03 IST
According to the Muzaffarnagar administration estimates, more than 40% of the district’s population is engaged in agriculture with sugarcane farming topping the chart
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Sugarcane transporters wait for their turn to weigh the yield on a scale, at Bhopada in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. File | Photo Credit:
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According to the Muzaffarnagar administration estimates, more than 40% of the district’s population is engaged in agriculture with sugarcane farming topping the chart As thousands of farmers lay siege to Delhi borders for over 100 days demanding the repeal of three contentious farm laws, those staying back in Western Uttar Pradesh have to endure a different kind of long wait at times for multiple days just to get weighed quintals of sugarcane lying in tractor-trollies on their way from farms to mills.
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