Sugar Belt Of Uttar Pradesh

As Raj Kumar navigates his bullock cart, loaded with sugarcane, into a private sugar mill in Lakhimpur Kheri, delayed payments for his crop are uppermost on his mind. The district is just one in the sugar belt of Uttar Pradesh, where, more than demonetization, this is one subject that is expected to affect the outcome in 105 seats.

Past the sugarcane fields and mustard plantations along the National Highway 58, around 10 km before the entry point to Muzzaffarnagar town in western Uttar Pradesh, stands the first major security barricade. The paramilitary force personnel with automatic weapons and in their olive green fatigues seemed a bit more than the usual security bandobast...

India's sugar belts continue to boil and situation turned ugly in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri today where protests erupted over the death of a farmer.

As Raj Kumar navigates his bullock cart, loaded with sugarcane, into a private sugar mill in Lakhimpur Kheri, delayed payments for his crop are uppermost on his mind. The district is just one in the sugar belt of Uttar Pradesh, where, more than demonetization, this is one subject that is expected to affect the outcome in 105 seats.

Past the sugarcane fields and mustard plantations along the National Highway 58, around 10 km before the entry point to Muzzaffarnagar town in western Uttar Pradesh, stands the first major security barricade. The paramilitary force personnel with automatic weapons and in their olive green fatigues seemed a bit more than the usual security bandobast...

India's sugar belts continue to boil and situation turned ugly in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri today where protests erupted over the death of a farmer.