Farmers are selling sugarcane, produced in the catchment areas of six suspended sugar mills, to the government in a peaceful environment, reports BSS.
As sugarcane threshing is in progress at present, the purchased sugarcane is being supplied to the nearby sugar mills.
This was disclosed today at a virtual discussion of Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC), said a press release.
Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun presided over the meeting while State Minister for Industries Kamal Ahmed Mojumder, lawmakers of the concerned areas, Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary Dr Ahmad Kaikaus, BSFIC
Chairman Md Arifur Rahman Apu and former Chairman Sanat Kumar Shah, among others, joined the discussion.
In his speech, Humayun said the government is actively considering the production of diversified products to make state-owned sugar mills profitable.
Foreign investment proposals are being considered to increase the productivity of sugar mills through modern technology, he added.
He called upon all concerned to modernise the sugar mills under the direction of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Emphasizing on the appointment of a competent and efficient officer as the managing director of the sugar mill, Kamal Ahmed Mojumder said that it was necessary to ensure that the procurement of sugarcane was done properly.
He instructed the concerned authority to conduct an audit to ascertain the financial condition of the state-owned sugar mills and said strict action would be taken against anyone involved in financial irregularities.
At the same time, he urged the consumers to use healthy native sugarcane sugar.
