The farmers said they have announced protests before harvest time this year as similar protests in the past years which they launched during the harvest time yielded no results. [break]
According to the district coordinator of the farmers´ rights federation Deepak Mainali, they have submitted a 24-point demand to Indushankar Sugar Mills and given a week´s time to address their demands.
Mainali also informed that they would create obstruction at the mills from September 6 to 11 if the mills failed to meet their demands.
Their protests include staging sit in at the mills gates, holding protest rally and blocking the highway.
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