Hopes for reopening of the debt-ridden Riga sugar mill in Sitamarhi have revived after Karnataka-based Nirani Sugars Limited recently evinced its interest before the National Company Law Tribunal NCLT to re-run the factory, people familiar with the matter said. Spread on acres of campus, Riga sugar mill used to cater to around 50, farmers and engaged an equal number of supporting staff and workers for sugarcane crushing, processing and marketing of the product.
State sugarcane commissioner Anil Kumar Jha said it was indeed heartening news to see smoke bellowing out the chimney of the closed factory.
The assets acquired by Nirani group include a sugar plant with a crushing capacity of 5, TCD tonnes of cane per day , a distillery capacity of 45 KLPD kilo litres per day and a co-generation power plant with an installed capacity of 11 MW. It had workforce of at the time of closure.
In December last year, chief minister Nitish Kumar had directed the authorities concerned to take all possible steps for reopening of Riga sugar mill. By Subhash Pathak , Patna. Share Via.
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