The Himachal Jaggery industry provide employment to people from UP

Production of cane sugar in the Himachal Pradesh Sirmour District is providing employment to hundreds of workers from the neighbouring State of Uttar Pradesh.

Workers said that they don't have much employment in Uttar Pradesh.

"In our State, we do not get daily employment. So, we have to come to Himachal and must spend five months working here. We are not able to find work in our State, "said Mohan, a worker.

Another worker added that for five months, they migrate to Himachal Pradesh, to employment in jaggery units for their livelihood.

"Our work continues for five months and cane sugar is sold to nearby villages and left over cane sugar is delivered to local ration shops and also sold to the locals for use in households," said Setpal, another worker.

Thanks to the less availability of sugar cane for sugar cane, units have also influenced the production of cane sugar outages in Uttar Pradesh.

Sugar cane farming is done in 6500 hectares of land, mainly in Kangra and Una districts Sirmour. On an average, almost 50,000 tonnes of sugar cane produced in the State. (ANI)

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