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he Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL challenging the nationwide rollout of 20 per cent ethanol-blended petrol, rejecting concerns that millions of motorists were being forced to use incompatible fuel. The bench backed the Centre’s stand, citing farmer benefits and policy considerations.

Sugarcane farmers from jagtial are urging the state government to cover transportation costs as they move crops 150 km to a private factory in kamareddy, spending nearly ₹3 crore on logistics.

The dilemma is because there is no clarity from the government on the reopening of Nizam’s sugar factory, which was closed nine years ago

The existing Trident Sugars located at Kothur-B had pushed sugarcane farmers into crisis as it failed to pay farmers in time after purchasing sugarcane from them

In a meeting with the Trident management, Collector A Sharath has instructed Trident Sugars to pay all the arrears to the sugarcane farmers

They stated that due to less yield, farmers in South Indian States were suffering losses to the tune of Rs 525 crore per annum, in the wake of increased recovery percentage.

The Congress is planning to hold a series of meetings where Priyanka Gandhi will highlight the issue of non payment of dues by the mill owners.

At a meeting with Finance Minister T Harish Rao on Thursday, the company also agreed to take up crushing of this year's sugarcane harvest from November 20 onwards