Mandya: Days after Pandavapura Sugar Factory was handed over on a 40-year lease to Bagalkot-based Nirani Sugars owned by Bilgi BJP MLA and former Minister Murugesh Nirani, speculations about the re-start of sugarcane crushing at the century-old MySugar Factory in Mandya has begun, with the titular head of the erstwhile Mysore Royal family Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar on Tuesday expressing that he is for timely crushing of sugarcane in the interest of the farmers.
In a post on his Facebook page, Yaduveer said that although the resistance to privatisation of MySugar Mill is understandable, given the heritage importance attached to it, the opposition to run the factory under Operations and Maintenance (O&M) mode is a cause for concern, as farmers need a timely start to sugarcane crushing.
