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Drought-hit Tamil Nadu reaches out to UP to solve chronic sugar shortage

Mills in state ask UP plants to supply 600,000 tonnes, want Centre to bear Rs 180 cr transport cost

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Dilip Kumar Jha Mumbai
Following the onslaught of what is apparently the worst drought Tamil Nadu has faced in 140 years, sugar mills in the state are reaching out to their counterparts in Uttar Pradesh to alleviate the chronic shortage of sugar. They have asked sugar factories in UP to supplt 600,000 of raw sugar during the 2017-18 season.

A meeting to this effect took place between representatives of sugar mills Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh this week. Informed sources said mills in Tamil Nadu sought an anticipated deficit of 600,000 tonnes for the sugar season (SS) 2017-18 to be supplied from Uttar Pradesh, a

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