In a strict warning to sugar mills, Uttar Pradesh's Sugarcane Development Minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui said the mill owners would be put behind bars if the crushing season was delayed. He instructed them to start crushing on or before the date it was done the previous year.
Siddiqui said Chief Minister Mayawati has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking an interest-free loan of Rs 2000 crore for the State. He said he personally met Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on the issue of sugarcane payments.
Siddiqui criticised the sugar mills from Meerut and Saharanpur for the pending dues of sugarcane growers. The sugar mills of the State still have to make pending paymenst of Rs 1700 crore. As on September 10, dues of Rs 1352.66 crore are pending with 22 private mills, Rs 186.91 crore with 22 government-controlled corporation mills and Rs 226.53 crore are pending with 28 mills of the cooperative sector.
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