Rs113b paid to sugarcane growers, tweets Buzdar

LAHORE: Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has tweeted that a sum of Rs113 billion has been paid to the sugarcane growers in the province. Around 99.7 percent dues of previous years have also been paid to the farmers. He said that sugarcane crop worth Rs133 billion has been procured in the current season in Punjab while remaining dues will also be paid to the farmers soon. Sugar mills mafia ruled Punjab for many decades and sugarcane farmers were not paid for many years, he added.

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