The Uttarakhand government has approved Rs 65 crore package for making cane payments to farmers. 

That apart, the state government has provided financial package of Rs 23 crore for Gadarpur sugar mill. 

The state government has directed all sugar mills to immediately make cane payments to farmers. 

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat has approved Rs 65 crore package for maing cane price payments to farmers, the Sugar Development Secretary Vinod Sharma said. 

He said that another Rs 23 crore has been cleared for employees salary and voluntary retirement etc of Gadarpur sugar mill. 

Sharma said that 187 staffs of Gadarpur sugar mill have taken voluntary retirement after the mill closed down. The remaining employees have been transferred to other mills.