Will TN Govt accept the request of Sugarcane Mill Owners?
The government has announced a Rs. 42.50 per tonne incentive for cane milled in 2020-21. However, the farmers have yet to be compensated. We want to provide you that incentive right away. A special incentive of Rs. 150 per tonne of sugarcane has also been given by the state government. In the bamboo sector, Kallakurichi 1 and Kallakurichi 11 in Kachirayapalayam, the area under sugarcane cultivation has grown. Officials say 13,000 acres for the K1 facility and 13,000 acres for the K11 plant have been registered. Farmers also allege that sugarcane has been cultivated, but the co-operative sugar mill refuses to register.
The refusal to register sugarcane grown with the help of a cooperative sugar mill will have a significant impact on farmers. Farmers must register all sugarcane cultivated by the K1, K11 Cooperative sugar Mills. The State sugar Department should make arrangements to grind excess sugarcane beyond the mill's requirements and send it to other mills. Half of the co-generation project at the K1 Cooperative sugar Mills, which began ten years ago, has been put on hold. Within the current year, the co-generation power generation project in K1 should be completed and implemented.
At the Cooperative sugar Mill, an ethanol plant should be built. Ambika, Auroran, and Tharani private sugar mills have gone to the National Debt Tribunal with over Rs 500 crore in sugarcane arrears. We suggest that the State government collect the total cane balance owed to the above-mentioned private sugar mills and distribute it to the farmers. We'll have to wait and see if the TN government approves the proposal!