Chhattisgarh’s fourth sugar factory will be opened as an Agro-based industry in the co-operatives sector in Pandariya region of Kabeerdham district.
Chief Minister Raman Singh has provided in-principle approval to the proposed action plan for the factory in the meeting held at his residence based office in Raipur on Friday.
As per the approved action plan, the daily crushing capacity of the new sugar factory will be nearly 25,000 metric tonnes.
It was informed in the meeting that, as per the proposed action plan for the factory, nearly 20,000 farmers of Pandariya region as well as those of Mungeli and Bemetara districts will be benefited by the establishment of this factory.
A co-operative society of farmers will be formed for operating the factory. The establishment cost of the factory will be around Rs 150 crore. Share capital of Rs 10 crore will be collected from the farmers. In this way, with farmers’ share in capital, they will have an important role in management of the factory, official informed.
The Chief Minister has directed the officials to take action as per the approved action plan as soon as possible.
Presently, Chhattisgarh has three cooperative sugar factories in village Ramhepur of Kabeerdham district, village Karkabhat of Balod district and village Krerta of Surajpur district. Establishment of these factories has drawn the interest of farmers towards cultivation of sugarcane and resultantly, the area of sugarcane cultivation in continuously increasing.
The Kabeerdham District Administration has already started taking action in the direction of establishing the fourth sugar factory of the State.
The Kabeerdham District Collector has formed an 11-member committee of officials led by Pandariya SDO. The Committee includes Executive Engineers of PWD, Water Resource Department, Public Health Engineering Department and Rural Engineering Service and Chhattisgarh State Electricity Company, Deputy Director of Agriculture Department, Deputy Registrar of Cooperatives Department, Managing Director of Bhoramdev Cooperative Sugar Factory Ramhepur (Kawardha), Tehsildar of Pandariya and Managing Director of Kawardha based District Industry and Commerce Centre. Soon a detailed project report will be made for setting up this factory.
Present in the meeting were — Managing Director of Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company ltd (CSPDCl) Subodh Kumar Singh, Joint Secretary to Chief Minister, Dr Rohit Yadav, Registrar of Cooperatives Department, DD Singh and Kabeerdham District Collector P Dayanand.