Sugar industry,latest victim

The answer lies in the refugee camps in Kandhla,Khairana and Bassikalan. These camps house Muslims who fled their villages in Muzaffarnagar,Shamli and Baghpat districts,and many of them claim they will never return. “My family of 16 left Lisarh village on September 8 and we will never go back. Our homes have been reduced to cinders. How can we go back? I will find work in Kandhla,” said Nafees Khan. Residents of other villages share the sentiment.

Moreover,the violence comes at a time when the sugar industry is deadlocked with the state government. On Friday,30 village pradhans from Kandhla met Union Minister and RLD leader Ajit Singh over arrears owed to sugarcane farmers. “There is no government policy to fix rates and every year farmers suffer. The crop is harvested from October onwards but we get paid only seven or eight months later. The minister has assured us we will be paid all arrears before the new season starts,” said Vinod Chaudhary,pradhan from Makhmulpur.

Sources in the district administration said they were working to address the issue. “The most important thing is to ensure the safety of villagers and convince them to return. This will take at least two months,” said an official.

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