Hoshiarpur, Mar 22 (PTI) Farmers under the banner of Kisan Mazdoor Hitkari Sabha on Tuesday staged a sit-in and blocked traffic at Mukerian's Mata Rani Chowk on Jalandhar-Pathankot GT Road.

They were protesting against the non-payment of their dues by the authorities of a Mukerian sugar mill.

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The protestors under the leadership of Onkar Singh, general secretary of the Kisan Mazdoor Hitkari Sabha, blocked the traffic around 11 am.

They also put up a tent in the middle of the road and raised slogans against the sugar mill management and reiterated their demand for payment of dues of about Rs 107 crore.

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The farmers said they had met the district administration and the sugar mill authorities in this regard a number of times but nothing had been done so far.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Paramjit Singh said traffic has been diverted through other routes.

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