Chandigarh, October 1: Taking an important decision for sugarcane farmers in the State, Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal while presiding over high level meeting here today has directed the officers concerned to ensure timely disbursal of payments of sugarcane farmers at the earliest. Besides this, Sh. Manohar Lal also directed the officers concerned to strictly ensure that the crushing season of Naraingarh Sugar Mill starts before November 25, 2021 along with clearance of all the payments of the farmers of this Mill.

“The Crushing season in both government and private Sugar Mills will begin from November 5, 2021. While the crushing season of Bahadurgarh and Saraswati Sugar Mills should begin before November 20, 2021.  Also, adequate arrangements should be made to ensure smooth crushing at the Karnal and Panipat Sugar Mills as both the Mills would start their crushing operations with enhanced capacity from December this year and January next year respectively,” directed Sh. Manohar Lal.

While directing the officers concerned to ensure necessary work of maintenance and repair in all the Sugar Mills of Haryana, Sh. Manohar Lal said that management of both the government and private Sugar Mills should be directed to ensure timely start of crushing season as well as the payment of the farmers.

Additional Chief Secretary, Cooperation Department, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal, Additional Chief Secretary, Finance Department, Sh. T.V.S.N. Prasad, Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Department, Dr. Sumita Misra, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. V. Umashankar, Secretary, Cooperation Department, Sh. A.Sreenivas, Director General Agriculture Department, Sh. Hardeep Singh and other senior officers also remained present on this occasion.