Around 300 farmer families pass the busiest time of the year from December to April producing molasses, worth crores of takas, from the juice collected from mangrove Gol (Nipa palm) trees in different areas of Patuakhali
with the bhoomipujan for setting up of a 100-bedded cancer hospital under government medical college and hospital (gmch), the project has gained momentum. the hospital is likely to become functional in the next two years. the government has sanctioned rs 78 crore for this g+3 building which will have latest facilities and equipments needed to treat cancer patients. but deputy chief minister devendra fadnavis, in his speech while performing bhoomipujan, showed willingness to increase the floors by three. at
People have been producing molasses from nipa palm trees popularly known as Gol Pata trees for several years in different villages of Kalapara upazila, including Nilganj, Nabipur, Mithaganj and Pakhimara, in Patuakhali.