Farmers up their ante against govt for failing to restart Sugarcane Factory event after 5 years
On July 31, sugarcane farmers announced plans to serve a legal notice to the government regarding the stalled reopening of the Sanjeevani Sahakari sugar factory. Closed five years ago with a promise of redevelopment, the government has stated they failed to find a bidder for the project, including ethanol production, despite advertising for three years. Farmers claim they had provided a potential contractor but received no follow-up. The government is now exploring alternative uses for the factory’s land, such as a Truck Terminus, Bio Gas project, and Solar power plant.
July 31- Sugarcane farmers today asserted that they will serve legal notice to the government over restarting of the Sanjeevani Sahakari sugar factory. The factory was closed down 5 years back with assurance that it will be restarted. Govt has now told the State Legislative Assembly that despite advertising for 3 years, they have not been able to find a bidder for redevelopment of the factory including manufacture of ethanol on PPP mode. However, farmers said that they had put the govt in contact with a contractor who was interested in running the factory, but govt did not revert back, alleged farmers. There are 3565 Share holders of the Karkhana, out of which 132 are Societies and 3433 are farmers as per written reply in the assembly. Government is assessing possibility of setting up of Truck Terminus, Compress Bio Gas (CBG) project and Ground Mounted Solar power plant at Sugar factory’s vacant land on PPP mode, the reply further added.
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