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Ambala, November 11Naraingarh Sugar Mills is all set to start its crushing season from Tuesday, but it is yet to clear previous year farmers’ dues of over Rs 12 crore. Unhappy farmers staged a dharna outside the sugar mill today. Farmer leader Malkeet Singh said, “The mill is going to start new crushing season from Tuesday, but previous year payment is still pending. We will also release farmers’ dues worth Rs 12.91 lakh by December 31.”Later, farmers ended their dharna after an assurance by the SDM and mill officials. The BKU (Charuni) spokesman, Rajiv Sharma, said, “We were assured that the previous payment will be cleared by December 5 while the new payment will start from the next day..