Shahjahanpur: District Magistrate Dharmendra Pratap Singh directed the sugar mills and khandsari units to ensure that they clear 100% payment of cane prices to farmers through e-transactions directly into their bank accounts, reported Live Hindustan. He was speaking during a review meeting on the operation of Khandsari chaired by him. During the meeting, the Assistant Sugar Commissioner reported that khandsari units are making payments for cane purchases in cash rather than through online methods.
DM also instructed that monthly meetings be held with khandsari unit operators and sugarcane farmers to run awareness campaigns. Furthermore, he emphasized that khandsari units and traditional mills producing jaggery from poor-quality sugar and causing pollution should be inspected by a team coordinated with the Pollution Department and FSDA.
