Lucknow: A day after UP CM Yogi Adityanath effected hike in State Advisory Price (SAP) of sugarcane for the forthcoming crushing season, the state government announced setting up of a distillery of 120 litre per day (LPD) capacity in the sugar mill at Pipraich in Gorakhpur district. The mill has a capacity to crush 5,000 tonnes of sugarcane per day. A state government spokesperson said on Thursday that the unit will be set up under the ethanol blending programme of the central government.
It will be the first plant in UP to produce ethanol directly from sugarcane juice.
The Munderwa sugar mill in Basti was also re-started by the state government after coming to power in 2017. The British era mill had been closed by the previous state governments, the spokesperson said.
Three other sugar mills shut during previous regimes were also revived by the Yogi government and the state now ranks first in sugar production in the country. Ethanol plants have been set up in Sathiaon and Najibabad mills, which are in the cooperative sector.
The government also increased the crushing capacity of Ramala sugar mill in Baghpat from 2,750 TCD to 5,000 TCD and of Mohiuddinpur mill in Meerut from 2,500 TCD to 3,500 TCD.
Keeping in view the increase in sugarcane cultivation, the crushing capacity of 11 private sector sugar mills has also been increased by 20,600 TCD. With this initiative of the state government, the total crushing capacity of sugar mills has increased to 29,250 TCD.
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