Friday, April 26, 2013

Haryana produces 26.80 lakh quintals of sugar



By Haryananewswire
CHANDIGARH, APRIL 26
 Cooperative Sugarmills in Haryana have sofar crushed  288.18 lakh quintals of sugarcane during the current season and produced 26.80 lakh quintals of sugar and recorded a sugar recovery of 9.38 per cent.
While stating this today, Chairman of the Haryana State Federation of Cooperative Sugarmills, Mr Ajay Sharma said that as compared to it, during corresponding period last year, 307.86 lakh quintals of sugarcane was crushed, 26.53 lakh quintals of sugar produced and sugar recovery of 8.71 per cent was achieved.
Mr Sharma said that an Intensive Cane Development Plan has been prepared for the next season that is 2013-14 and a provision of Rs 37.71 crore has been made for cane development during the year. 
He said that the Government has approved the proposal to set up a 15 MW Cogeneration Project and Distillery Plant under public private partnership mode at Sugar mill Palwal. The Government has also approved the proposal of expansion and modernization of Panipat sugarmill. He said that there is also a plan to set up a 15 MW cogeneration unit. 

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