Cane growers near PTR will not get early supply tickets
- | Tuesday | 17th July, 2018
We had accepted the request of forest authorities to prioritize the issuance of cane supply tickets to these villages. Sukhdeep Singh Laadi, gram pradhan of village Barahi, wondered, “How can the forest authorities compel us to change our cropping pattern in accordance with their convenience? Forest authorities were confident that farmers would respond favorably to their appeal to discourage cane cultivation in fields situated in proximity to the forest,” said Jitendra Kumar Mishra, district cane officer.Instead farmers of these villages took undue advantage of early supply to mills and expanded area under cane cultivation. Pilibhit: The district cane department in Pilibhit has decided to withdraw issuance of early cane supply tickets to farmers living in villages adjoining Pilibhit Tiger Reserve.This facility was aimed at letting farmers clear their cane fields at the earliest as tigers are known to lurk amid its stalks and can attack humans.But during the last crushing season, area under cane cultivation has increased by 16%. “It is their duty and they will have to carry it out without any excuse,” Laadi added.
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