Sugarcane crushing season has picked up in Maharashtra with as many as 173 Sugar Mills participating in the operations this season. It includes 86 co-operative mills and 87 private mills. Solapur division is leading in the state with 41 sugar mills participating in the season.
In the Solapur division, 26 private mills and 15 co-operative mills are engaged in the crushing activities. Mills have produced 48.85 lakh quintal sugar by crushing 57.60 lakh tonne sugarcane till December 4, 2021 with a recovery rate of 8.48 per cent.
Sugar mills in Maharashtra have produced 227.38 lakh quintal sugar by crushing 245.52 lakh tonne cane till December 4, 2021 with recovery rate of 9.26 per cent.
