Question: In which of the following districts of Uttar Pradesh Pipraich Sugar Mill is located?
(a) Kanpur
(b) Meerut
(c) Baghpat
(d) Gorakhpur
Answer: (d)
Related facts:
- On 21 November, 2019; Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath inaugurated the newly-established Munderwa Sugar Mill in Basti district.
- Munderwa mill will have a capacity of 5000 Tons of Cane per Day and generate 27 Mega Watt of power.
- It should be noted that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the Pipraich Sugar Mill in Gorakhpur on 17 November 2019.
- It was be third inauguration of sugar mills in the state in just three weeks after the opening of mills in Ramala in Baghpat and Pipraich in Gorakhpur.
- UP CM on the occasion of Munderwa Sugar Mill inauguration made it clear his government will ensure payment of sugarcane dues even if the state has to auction off defaulter mills.
- CM Adityanath also said that the state government, over the past two and half years, had facilitated cane payments of Rs 76,000 crore.
- Currently, the UP mills, mostly belonging to the private sector, owe about Rs 3,600 crore in farmers’ payments for the previous 2018-19 crushing season.
- Like the Pipraich sugar mill, Munderwa sugar mill was closed. There was a long farmers’ agitation in 2003 to start the mill.
Links:
http://newsonair.nic.in/News?title=UP-CM-Yogi-Adityanath-to-inaugurate-Munderwa-Sugar-Mill-in-Basti-district&id=374849
https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/up-cm-yogi-adityanath-inaugurates-sugar-mill-in-pipraich20191117170816/