Karnataka Sugarcane Growers Association will organise South India’s mega convention of farmers, Bruhat Kisan Maha Panchayat, in Bengaluru on December 23 demanding that the State government fulfill their various demands, including crop loan waiver.
State president of Sugarcane Growers Association Kuruburu Shanthakumar, addressing a press conference here on Monday, said that the objective of the convention is to create awareness among farmers and empower them by uniting them.
Farmers across the State are already under distress as 220 taluks are reeling under drought conditions and it has become difficult for them to repay loans. In such a situation, nationalized banks and co-operative societies should waive crop loans taken by farmers, he said.
