Yogi government to invest Rs 1.56 billion to revive six distilleries

These distilleries owned by the UP cooperative sugar mills federation had been temporarily shut following the CPCB order over non-compliance of environmental norms

Bracing up for a challenging sugarcane crushing season ahead, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to invest Rs 1.56 billion to revive six distilleries for producing ethanol and organic fertiliser.

These distilleries owned by the UP Co-operative Sugar Mills Federation had been temporarily shut following the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) order over non-compliance of environmental norms.

However, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had directed the state sugarcane department to take steps to revive these units. The government will infuse Rs 1.56 billion for setting up of zero-liquid discharge bio-compost plants in these six distilleries for producing ethanol and organic manure