Sugarcane crushing season to start from October 1: Kadam

Sangli, Maharashtra, Sep 10 (UNI) Maharashtra Cooperation Minister Patangrao Kadam today said a committee of state ministers has granted permission to start this year's crushing season from October 1.

Addressing a news conference here, Mr Kadam said the state government has planned to start the crushing season from October 1 and all sugar factories have been directed to prepare themselves.

The state government has directed District Central Banks to provide financial assistance to the sugar factories so that they could start the crushing season on time, Mr Kadam informed.

Taking into consideration surplus sugarcane output in this current year, the state government will make efforts to finish crushing total sugarcane crop on time, as the government had paid a compensation of about Rs 132 crore to the farmers for uncrushed sugarcane last year, he added.

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