By Our Reporter Following a protest by the sugarcane farmers in Kathmandu, the government has taken an initiative to arrest the owners of the sugar mills, who failed pay the farmers over years. The government issued arrest orders after the owners did not come into contact to address the problems. The sugarcane farmers from various Tarai districts have been staging a protest at Maitighar, Kathmandu since Sunday after the mill owners did not pay them in time. Proprietor of Indira Sugar and Agro Limited and Annapurna Sugar and General Industries Rakesh Agrawal who has owed millions of rupees to the sugarcane farmers, has not come to the contact. As per the recommendation made by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies, the Ministry of Home Affairs Tuesday directed Nepal Police to arrest Agrawal for not clearing the dues of the sugarcane farmers for a long time. There are 13 sugar mills that are in operation in the country. The government has asked some of the closed sugar mills to resume their operation immediately. A year ago, during a meeting held at the MoICS, the sugar mill owners had made their commitment to clear all dues of the farmers but they have not yet paid the farmers. as sugar mills were reluctant to pay them pending dues amounting to Rs 1.5 billion. Meanwhile, Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party and the Federation of Nepal Cottage and Small Industries (FNCSI) expressed their solidarity with the protest of the sugarcane farmers. Meanwhile, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) had urged the government and concerned authority to resolve the problems of sugarcane farmers at the earliest