Devariya: The protest demanding the reopening of the Baitalpur sugar mill, along with a 16-point list of demands, continued for the 338th consecutive day on Friday at the Collectorate premises, reports Live Hindustan.
Farmers, under the banner of the Chini Mill Chalao Sangharsh Samiti, the Sanyukt Panchayat Nikay Morcha and the Sanyukt Maha Morcha, gathered at the protest site and raised slogans in support of their demands.
Sangharsh Samiti president Brijendra Mani Tripathi said farmers, who form the backbone of an agriculture-based country, are being forced to sit on protest to seek fulfillment of their demands, but the government has shown no seriousness. He recalled that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had announced on four occasions during public meetings in the district that a sugar complex would be set up in Baitalpur. However, he said there has been no visible progress towards restarting the Baitalpur sugar mill so far.
He warned that if the process to restart the sugar mill is not initiated soon, farmers would be compelled to come out on the streets and intensify their agitation.
Vikas Dubey, Pandit Ved Prakash, Vijay Kumar Singh, Bakridan alias Barkat Ali, Sanjeev Shukla, Manju Chauhan, Swaminath Yadav, Ramniwas Pandey, Vinay Mishra, Anil Maurya, Munni Lal, Monu Tiwari, Hari Ram Yadav, Shriram Pandey, Anoop Kumar Singh, Shambhu Nath Tiwari, Ravindra Singh, Prahlad Yadav, Narendra Vishwakarma, Deendayal Sharma, Ashok Malviya and others were present at the protest.
