Cotton Growers Refuse To Raise Purchase Prices, Triggering Protests From Cotton Farmers In India

　　 India cotton growers Cotton producers are asked to raise the purchase price, but Cotton merchant Rejected their request, the cotton trader said. quality The best cotton can be sold well, so cotton farmers carrying cotton began to protest.

At first, the price paid by a cotton merchant to the farmers was 4300 rupees / KT. Some farmers from Sanigapuram village in Karimnagar area also asked other cotton producers to pay the same price, but they were refused by cotton merchants.

At present, India's cotton price is 3500 rupees, compared with the government's lowest support price of 3000 rupees.

Last Friday, the average selling price of cotton for farmers was 3850 roubles / weight. However, farmers demanded that the price be raised to 4000 rupees / kg, regardless of the quality of cotton, so they were in trouble.

Farmers protested against motor vehicles carrying cotton. Some farmers tried to set fire to their cotton bags. The presence of the police controlled the behavior of the mob.

A farmer tried to release the gas from the police Jeep tyres, forcing the police to take moderate action when they dispersed the angry farmers.

　　 The riots lasted for about 7 hours, and after the disturbance subsided, cotton traders began to buy cotton. Officials and police tried to persuade farmers to sell cotton according to the quality of cotton, instead of selling the same price with quality cotton.