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Farmers Block Highways Demanding Higher Sugar Prices and Better Procurement
Farmers have blocked the Pune-Bengaluru national highway near Belagavi for a second consecutive day, causing traffic disruptions. The protest, involving sugarcane farmers, is centered on demands for a higher Minimum Support Price (MSP) for sugar, increased cane prices, and improved ethanol procurement. In a separate but related protest, farmers in Nagarkurnool blocked a road due to power supply disruptions. Authorities have requested Google Maps to mark the affected stretch of the Mumbai-Bengaluru highway as closed.
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- Centre (4): Deccan Chronicle, Deccan Herald, Telangana Today, The New Indian Express
- Right (1): The Pioneer