Bagalkot: Farmers from Mudhol taluk, demanding higher minimum support price (MSP) for sugarcane, intensified their protest and blocked various prominent roads starting Wednesday morning.

The farmers have demanded Rs 3,500 per tonne of sugarcane while the state government offered Rs 3,300 a tonne, without taking into account the factory owners’ Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP). As the farmers were not in unison on whether to accept the offer, the meeting chaired by Deputy Commissioner Sangappa had failed.

Following the meeting, the farmers gathered on and blocked prominent rural routes in places like Shirola, Manturu and Yahadalli on Wednesday morning. On the road near Shirola, the farmers stacked up hay and weeds and set fire to the stack as part of the protest.

The Mudhol-Jamakhandi

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