Sugar mills asked to clear dues of growers

FAISALABAD: Special Assistant to CM Punjab Malik Umar Farooq has stressed upon the sugar mills management to pay the sugarcane dues to the farmers immediately otherwise legal action would be taken against the defaulters sugar mills.

He was presiding over a district monitoring committee meeting at the DC office to review the matters of sugarcane crushing season and the payments issue. Farooq said that special monitoring was being carried out by the Punjab government and the entire administrative machinery had been mobilised to protect the interest of the growers.

He directed giving 100 per cent payment to the growers of the sugarcane up to January 31. He stressed upon proper traffic management to avoid road accidents due to sugarcane-loaded trolleys. The special assistant also urged upon increasing police patrolling for the safety and security of sugarcane growers.

ADCR Tariq Niazi briefed about the measures taken by the district administration for the supervision of crushing season. He informed about the action taken against the middlemen and illegal weigh bridges. He said that action had been taken against 142 middlemen and 25 persons were arrested while 114 FIRs had been registered.