Three mills closed due to lack of sugarcane supply
Growers prefer producing jaggery over selling produce to mills
PESHAWAR:
Due to the lack of government support and absence of policy the sugar industry has almost collapsed in Peshawar, Mardan and Charsaddad districts as out of four sugar mills in Peshawar region, three have closed down due to insufficient sugarcane supply.
Three sugar mills were closed in Peshawar valley despite the fact that this is peek crushing season in the country and in Mardan district, a mill was closed down just 15 days after the start of the crushing season, leaving hundreds of the employees of these mills jobless without inviting any attention from the quarters concerned. The main cause is the non-availability of the sugarcane as growers are reluctant to supply their produce to the mills.