Baba Baijunath Sugar Mill in Mithila Municipality-2 of Dhanusha area has been found obtaining sugarcane at Rs. 65 less per quintal than the government ordered cost. The government has set the least buy cost for sugarcane at Rs. 655 per quintal. Of which, Rs. 585 is to be paid by sugar mills, whereas remaining Rs. 70 is given as a government appropriation. In any case, the process has been buying sugarcane from farmers at Rs. 590 per quintal. 

Locals claim that the process is acquiring sugarcane at a cost lower than the government-mandated rate, promising early installments but failing to follow to directions. They moreover charge that the process does not give receipts for the sugarcane purchases.

Manoj Sha, an employee at the mill’s weigh station, said that they were acquiring sugarcane at Rs. 590 per quintal. He said, "We pay the amount within four days of weighing the sugarcane. In any case, we do not issue receipts for the purchases."Local resident Jagendra Mahato said that sugarcane ranchers were compelled to offer them create as before long as it was prepared in the areas, clearing out them defenseless to exploitation. He affirmed that the process was acquiring sugarcane illegally due to a need of monitoring.

According to Mahato, the nearby Himalayan Sugar Industry in Siraha adheres to the government-mandated cost for acquiring sugarcane, whereas Baba Baijunath Sugar Process buys it at Rs. 65 less per quintal. He added that when ranchers offer sugarcane through such illegal means, they miss out on government subsidies and the benefits given by the industry to sugarcane growers.Another local, Dineshwar Mahato, denounced Baba Baijunath Sugar Process of spreading false rumours about other sugar plants to buy sugarcane at a lower cost. He said that the process misled farmers by affirming that other plants delay installments and that government appropriations take six months to a year to handle, utilizing go betweens to purchase sugarcane at diminished rates.

Himalayan Sugar Industry's senior manager, Satendra Singh, said that the practice of purchasing sugarcane without issuing receipts was untrustworthy. He accentuated the require for checking by relevant authorities to control such exercises. Dhanusha's Chief Locale Officer, Rajuraj Kadaraiya, expressed that a prompt examination would be conducted and activity taken on the matter.

source: risingnepaldaily