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Published: 29th March 2020     

COVID-19: Sweet! UP sugar mills to produce hand sanitisers from today

29 sugar mills have sought permission from the state government to manufacture alcohol-based sanitisers in the wake of coronavirus outbreak

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To boost production of hand sanitisers, the Uttar Pradesh government has given permission to 24 sugar mills to manufacture the same.

There is a major shortage of the product in the wake of the coronavirus that is spreading across India.

According to the government spokesman, of the 119 sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh, 29 had sought permission from the state government to manufacture alcohol-based sanitiser. Among the 25 mills that have got the nod, five are in Bijnor district.

The initiative will help to boost the revenue of the sugar industries. Alcohol is produced from molasses, a residue of sugarcane after sugar is extracted from cane juice. Hence, these mills will have the raw material to produce sanitiser.

Additional cane commissioner V K Shukla said, "The demand for sanitisers has skyrocketed since the Corona virus scare gripped the nation. There is a huge demand-supply gap in the market which will be reduced with this decision."

These 24 units will start producing sanitiser from Sunday.

Officials said that the Barkatpur mill in Bijnor alone is expected to produce around 5,000 litres of sanitiser per day.

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