Farmers rally for Rs 4,500 per tonne sugarcane payment in Kolhapur

Kolhapur, Oct 25 (UNI) The Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana (SSS) on Sunday organised a massive motorcycle rally across parts of Maharashtra's Kolhapur district, demanding an initial payment of Rs 4,500 per tonne of sugarcane for the current crushing season. Led by SSS president and former Member of Parliament Raju Shetti, hundreds of organisation workers and sugarcane-growing farmers assembled outside the tehsildar's office at Hatkanangale on Sunday morning with their motorcycles before setting off on the rally. The rally passed through several major sugar factories in the district, including Sharad Cooperative Sugar Factory at Narande, Warana Sugar Factory at Warnanagar, Mumbai Sugar…