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Govt prepares for stringent action against sugar mill operators

KATHMANDU: A high-level meeting held today at the Ministry of Home Affairs has decided to take action against the sugar mills who are still to pay the due amount of the sugarcane farmers.

The meeting also decided to take in custody operators of sugar mills who have not cleared due of farmers.

Minister for Agriculture Ghanshyam Bhusal, Minister for Commerce and Supplies Lekhraj Bhatt, and Minister for Federal Affairs and Federal Affairs and Local Development Minister Hridayesh Tripathi were present at the meeting chaired by Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa.

Sugarcane farmers have again returned to Kathmandu for a protest after not receiving payment for their produce. Meanwhile, the farmers did not attend the meeting today.

 

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