Sugar mills in Maharashtra are operating at full capacity and likely to produce record sugarcane this season.
According to the sugar commissionerate, 197 sugar mills are operating in the state including 98 cooperative mills and 99 private mills. The mills have produced 798.79 lakh quintal sugar by crushing 788.54 lakh tonnes of sugarcane with a recovery rate of 10.13 per cent till February 08, 2022.
Kolhapur region is leading the state in terms of sugar recovery rate. The mills have produced 215.72 lakh quintal sugar by crushing 186.67 lakh tonnes of sugarcane with a recovery rate of 11.56 per cent.
Maximum sugar mills are operating in the Solapur region (46) and they have produced 170.57 lakh quintal sugar by crushing 187.07 lakh tonnes of sugarcane.
