Joypurhat Sugar Mills has achieved success in exceeding both the sugarcane crushing and production targets after long seven years.
Authorities of the country’s largest sugar mills attributed the success mainly to favourable weather conditions and timely supply of inputs.Sources said the authorities had fixed a target of producing 7,000 tonnes of sugar by crushing one lakh tonnes of sugarcane with sugar accumulation rate of 7.6 per cent in the current 2013-14 season.Later the production target was revised upwards to 8,000 tonnes by crushing 1.20 lakh toones of sugarcane.Till March 18, about 9,000.19 tonnes of sugar were produced from 1.27 lakh tonnes of sugarcane in 94 working days which is 6,000.116 tonnes higher than the sugarcane crushing and 296.7 tonnes higher than the production targets.About 7.15 per cent sugar has been collected in this season which is higher than the previous year’s.This year sugar worth Tk 2 crore has been produced.Abdus Salam, managing director of Joypurhat Sugar Mills Limited, said favourable weather, timely supply of sugarcanes in the sugar mills and high sugarcane accumulation rate are the main reasons behind producing sugarcane beyond the target. -UNB, Joypurhat
