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There has been perceptible guardant question of the connection to modernise the Amaravathi Cooperative Sugar Mill.
A connection readied by the Tamil Nadu Sugar Corporation Limited has been forwarded to the authorities done the Agriculture Production Commissioner, and is present nether information of the Finance Department, according to authoritative sources.
During his sojourn to Udumalpet past August, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin announced enactment of an adept committee for the modernisation project. Cane farmers successful the bid country of the mill successful Coimbatore, Tiruppur and Dindigul.
The committee visited the mill subsequently and recommended the modernisation. The mill absorption had sought authorisation of ₹160 crore for replacement of aged machinery that was discarded during 2023.
The mill continues to extract rectified tone and ethanol by sourcing molasses from different mills. The mill presently has a banal of 4.38 lakh litres of rectified spirit. Ethanol accumulation is acceptable to commence, sources said.
The mill clocked merchantability of 42.50 lakh litres of rectified tone to the worth of ₹21.55 crore and 7.09 lakh litres of ethanol worthy ₹3.71 crore during 2023-24.
In the lack of crushing implicit the past 2 years, a ample chunk of farmers person diverted their cane to different mills, and 1 conception has taken a plunge into the challenging task of jaggery production.
Recovery complaint of sugarcane grown successful the Western portion of Tamil Nadu is the highest successful the State astatine 11%, according to the farmers.
The Tamil Nadu Karumbu Vivasayigal Sangam is learnt to person urged the State authorities to acceptable the modernisation process successful question earlier the Assembly polls.
