Sugar mill breaks down, crushing interrupted

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Updated At : 11:38 AM Oct 31, 2021 IST

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Palwal, October 30

Technical glitches soon after the start of the crushing season this year has made the state government-owned Cooperative Sugar mill here to function at a very irregular and slow pace.

The crushing season was inaugurated on October 26 and the mill has been able to crush less than one-third of its capacity.

Sources in the mill claim that it had not been able to operate fully since it was started only four days ago and technical glitches had resulted in problems for farmers bonded with the mill to supply cane.

Attributing the breakdown to a glitch related to chain alignment in the machinery and short supply of Bagasse (dry fuel), sources said the mill had not been able to work more than four hours at a go and had made the daily crushing target grossly underachieved.

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