UNB, Jhenidah :
With Tk 52-crore sugar still remaining unsold, Mobarakganj Sugar Mills has began its sugarcane crushing programme for 2014-15 season.
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu inaugurated the sugarcane crushing programme on Friday morning.
This season, the sugarcane crushing at the mill will continue for 120 days, and the sugar production target is set at 9,750 tonnes, said officials.
Managing director of the Mobarakganj Sugar Mills Delwar Hossain said some 13,300 tonnes of sugar from the previous crushing season still remain unsold at the mill’s godowns.
At the programme, workers’ union leader Mashiur Rahman said their wages are two months in arrears.
Speaking on the occasion, the Industries Minister said the government is moving ahead with a policy to appoint more workers in the state-owned industries and reopen closed factories.
The programmme was also attended by Anwarul Azim Anar MP, deputy commissioner of the district M Shafiqul Islam and Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC) chairman Mahmud-ul-Haque Bhuiyan.
With Tk 52-crore sugar still remaining unsold, Mobarakganj Sugar Mills has began its sugarcane crushing programme for 2014-15 season.
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu inaugurated the sugarcane crushing programme on Friday morning.
This season, the sugarcane crushing at the mill will continue for 120 days, and the sugar production target is set at 9,750 tonnes, said officials.
Managing director of the Mobarakganj Sugar Mills Delwar Hossain said some 13,300 tonnes of sugar from the previous crushing season still remain unsold at the mill’s godowns.
At the programme, workers’ union leader Mashiur Rahman said their wages are two months in arrears.
Speaking on the occasion, the Industries Minister said the government is moving ahead with a policy to appoint more workers in the state-owned industries and reopen closed factories.
The programmme was also attended by Anwarul Azim Anar MP, deputy commissioner of the district M Shafiqul Islam and Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC) chairman Mahmud-ul-Haque Bhuiyan.
