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Ethanol & Power generation plants would also be set up at sugar mills : Randhawa

Amritsar, Nov 15 (UNI) Reiterating state government`s commitment for converting loss making cooperative sugar mills into profit making ones in Punjab, Cooperation Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Thursday said that besides increasing production capacity of these sugar mills, the production of ethanol and power generation would also be started at these mills in near future to make them economically strong.
To make these sugar mills profitable each residue of sugarcane crop after producing sugar from sugarcane would be used for production of ethanol and power generation and for this purpose the Cabinet Sub Committee has already given green signal for setting up of co-generation plants at these mills, Mr Randhawa said and added that besides this crushing of sugarcane at these sugar mills has also been started earlier this season in comparison to the past years.
Addressing a function for commencing crushing work at Ajnala Sugar Mill, the Minister revealed that the producing capacity of Bhogpur Sugar Mill has been increased and the mill has started power generation. In the coming days co-generation would also be started at Sugar Mills at Ajnala, Batala and Gursadpur after increasing producing capacity of these mills, he said, adding that state government would also release Rs 218 crore to pay the dues of cane growers pending towards sugar mills soon.
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