Jalandhar: Former Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Capt Amarinder Singh attacked the government citing the mismanagement at the Bhogpur Sugar Mill, reports Hindustan Times.
A delegation of the farmers from Doaba Kisan Sangharsh Samiti met Capt Amarinder and made him aware that there was a turbine blast in the Mill on July 17, last year, which led to the mill stopping to produce electricity.
“The mill had produced electricity worth Rs 14 crore during the first four months of last season and it stopped producing electricity after a turbine was blasted. Now the mill has to buy electricity worth Rs 12 crore which is causing loss to the mill as well as there is a delay in cane payment,” said farmers.
Capt. Amarinder said that his government had spent Rs 109 crore in November 2020 for the renovation and modernization of the sugar mill and its capacity was increased to 3000 Tons of Cane per Day (TCD) from 1016 TCD apart from setting up a new 15 MW power plant.
