JAGTIAL: Sugarcane farmers in Jagtial demanded that the State government reopen the Muthyampet sugar factory. They insisted that Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao must provide assurance and clarity about its reopening during the scheduled public meeting in Korutla on Friday.
A group of farmers, led by Mamidi Narayana Reddy, held an urgent meeting ove the issue at the Ibrahimpatnam mandal headquarters on Thursday. Narayana Reddy said that the BRS failed to fulfil the promise it made to reopen the factory after formation of Telangana. He said that because the factory has been shut since December 2015, sugarcane cultivation has drastically declined in the region and caused hardships in transporting sugarcane to factories in other districts, affecting the farmers and allied workers.