Ghanti Bajao: Sugarcane harvest spurs lives of farmers in Aligarh

Sugarcane crope is bumper but there are no takers which has soured the lives of farmers in Aligarh. Several sugar mills in the region have been shut. Their owners have not been able to clear pending dues of farmers due to the low selling price of sugar, caused by excess production and a decline in global sugar prices. The pending dues in the state stand at more than Rs 7,000 crores and just 54 percent of the dues of farmers had been cleared by February.