- By Shubham Bajpai
- Mon, 13 Oct 2025 05:26 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
In a major update for the sugarcane growers in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur, the sugar mills will start the new crushing season after Diwali. The preparations regarding this have started. The sugar mills have issued written information to the district administration and the sugarcane department.
The district's Biswan and Hargaon sugar mills will start the crushing first, while the Mahmudabad Cooperative Sugar Mill will be the last to start the operations.
Preparations for crushing are in the final stages at the sugar mills. Work has begun on weighing arrangements and installing weighing scales at the mill gates and sugarcane purchasing centres, the two locations where cane growers sell the cash crop.
Five sugar mills operate in the district. These include Biswan, Hargaon, Jawaharpur, Ramgarh, and Mahmudabad.
The crushing season will begin at the Biswan and Hargaon sugar mills on October 25. The Jawaharpur and Ramgarh sugar mills will begin operations on November 5.
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Crushing will begin at the Mahmudabad Cooperative Sugar Mill on November 22. Hargaon has 82 sugarcane purchasing centres and 1,22,000 farmers. Jawaharpur Mill has 47 sugarcane purchasing centres and 55,000 farmers.
Ramgarh Sugar Mill has 26 sugarcane purchasing centres and 56,000 farmers. Biswan Sugar Mill has 38 sugarcane purchasing centres and 1,17,000 farmers. Mahmudabad Cooperative Sugar Mill has 26 sugarcane purchasing centres and over 15,000 farmers.
Apart from the sugar mills of the district, farmers also supply sugarcane to Hariyawan of Hardoi, Haidergarh of Barabanki and Aira Sugar Mill of Lakhimpur.
Slips will be issued in Hargaon and Biswan from October 20
The farmers get a slip from the mills with details on the date on which they have to take their crop to the mill centres or gate. Like every year, the slip issuance will start before or a day after Diwali, allowing them to begin crushing their sugarcane.
Ratneshwar Tripathi, District Sugarcane Officer, said, "All sugar mills have given written notice of the start of the crushing season. Crushing will begin at Hargaon and Biswan sugar mills on October 25th, at Ramgarh and Jawaharpur mills on November 5th, and at Mahmudabad mill on November 22nd. These dates are subject to change. Mills have been instructed to complete the necessary preparations."