PANJIM: The State Government has decided to appoint a consultant to conduct feasibility and viability of the proposed new Rs 100 crore sugar factory, which, along with producing sugar, will focus on ethanol production, from next year.
Addressing media persons on Monday, Minister for Cooperation Govind Gaude said that in next ten-days expression of interest would be called to appoint consultant to undertake technicality, feasibility and viability of the project.
Gaude said that the new industry would be on public-private partnership model and will ensure that it is operational at least 364 days a year as against Sanjivani factory, which was working for hardly 75-78 days a year.
“We have already taken steps in direction to have a new full-fledged industry on PPP model. The existing factory would be demolished. The estimated cost the project is around Rs 100 crore,” Minister said announcing that the new unit will be put in operation by the next crushing season in December 2020.
“There could be possibility that project might be delayed on technical grounds. But maximum time period is of one-and-half years,” he said.
Gaude said to ensure that the industry runs round the year, along with sugar, the focus would be on ethanol production, for which the raw material required is sugarcane and maze.
