UP sugar mills demand Rs 1,000 crore power dues to pay cane farmers

Recently, chief minister Yogi Adityanath had also referred to the pending power dues and said it would be settled at the earliest for the benefit of sugarcane farmers

Uttar Pradesh private sugar mills have urged the Yogi Adityanath government for an early settlement of power dues on the state power utility, amounting to nearly Rs 1,000 crore, to reduce their cane liabilities of Rs 4,500 crore. 

Apart from producing sugar, some UP private millers also cogenerate electricity, both for their captive use, and selling to UP Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) at fixed tariffs during the crushing season. 

However, power dues to the tune of Rs 1,000 crore are still pending on UPPCL even as the combined cane farmers' arrears pertaining to 2018-19 crushing season on millers stand firm at more