To ensure sufficient sugarcane of good quality for crushing in the State, the Haryana Government has approved an intensive cane development plan of all the 10 Cooperative Sugarmills for the year 2015-16.
A spokesperson of Haryana State Federation of Cooperative Sugarmills on Monday said that the target for cane area has been set for 83,800 hectares with 526 lakh quintals of estimated cane production.
According to an estimate, the availability of cane for crushing would be 355 lakh quintals. Also, the target for sugar recovery has been set at 9.50 per cent.
At present, 10 cooperative sugarmills are in operation under the control of Sugar Federation. Another cooperative sugarmill is being operated by HAFED at Assandh.
The spokesperson said that for the next crop season i.e. 2015-16, an intensive cane development plan for Rs42.16 crore has been prepared.