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Joypurhat Sugar Mill

Coordinates: 25°06′40″N 89°01′26″E / 25.111°N 89.024°E / 25.111; 89.024
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Joypurhat Sugar Mill
Formation1963
HeadquartersJoypurhat, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali

Joypurhat Sugar Mill is the largest government owned sugar mill factory in Bangladesh.[1][2] It is located at the north-western Joypurhat district in Rajshahi division. It has the capability of thrashing 14,000 metric tons of sugarcane daily.

History

Joypurhat Sugar Mill was established in 1963 on 100 acre in Joypurhat town.[3] During the Bangladesh Liberation war, the mill was used by Pakistan army as a base. The military set up a court and tried prisoners held there. The prisoners were sentenced to death and executed in the mill.[4] Since 1990 the mill has been experiencing loses. The workers in the mill are represented by Joypurhat Sugar Mill Workers Union.[3] In March 2015 sugar farmers and suppliers protested the non payment of dues by the mill. The mill blamed it on poor sales and overstocking of sugar.[1] The same month the factory was accused of polluting the Chhoto Jamuna River and killing thousands of fish in the river by environmentalists.[5] The factory is the largest government owned sugar mill in Bangladesh.[2] Thousands of people near the plant have fallen sick from water that was contaminated by factory waste. The plant does not have a treatment plant for effluents.[2]

Modernization

References

  1. ^ a b "Sugarcane growers demand payment of arrears". The Daily Star. 2014-05-20. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  2. ^ a b c "Stop polluting two rivers". The Daily Star. 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  3. ^ a b "Joypurhat Sugar Mill staff unpaid for 3 months". The Daily Star. 2015-06-18. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
  4. ^ "Alim guilty of genocide, murder". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
  5. ^ "Save Chhoto Jamuna from grabbers, pollution". The Daily Star. 2015-03-12. Retrieved 2017-02-18.

Further reading

25°06′40″N 89°01′26″E / 25.111°N 89.024°E / 25.111; 89.024


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