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Sugarcane growers stage sit-in

By our correspondents
December 17, 2017

NAWABSHAH: Hundreds of sugarcane growers staged a sit-in near Qazi Ahmed town against non-payment of cane prices official announced by the government.

The sit-in was attended by thousands of cane growers, and was led by Sindh Abadgar Action Committee (SAAC) General Secretary Syed Zain Shah.

The protestors were chanting slogans demanding payment of sugarcane at officially fixed price, Rs182 per maund.

SAAC General Secretary Syed Zain Shah said that the Sindh government was favouring PASMA as against the demands of cane growers and for that reason the growers were forced to stage sit-in at the Motorway. He said that growers would continue their struggle for justified cane rate till the acceptance of demands.