Statewide farmer stir looms as Centre moves to arm sugar factories with harvesting machines

40 machines already purchased by mills; over 2 lakh farmers employed as sugarcane harvesters fear loss of livelihoodThe woes of farmers in the state, who are already debt-ridden, may increase in the coming months as most of the sugar factories that employ them for harvesting sugarcane from the fields are opting for sugar harvesting machines.Bitter development: Cane is transported to sugar factories after harvesting. Farmers working as harvesters say they are staring at joblessness as sugar units are going for

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