Joypurhat Sugar Mill

Formation	1963
Headquarters	Joypurhat, 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[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• "Jaypurhat Sugar Mills Ltd". Bangladesh Sugar & Food Industries Corporation.
• "sugarmills.joypurhat". Bangladesh National Web Portal (in Bengali).
• "Production in Joypurhat Sugar Mill begins Nov 30". The Daily Star. BSS. 2003-11-22.
• "Sugar mill-Loss". UNB. 2004-02-17.
• "Sugar-Target". UNB. 2004-11-20.
• "Sugarcane-Crushing". UNB. 2004-11-27.
• "Sugarcane-Crushing". UNB. 2004-12-04.
• "Sugar mill-Payment". UNB. 2004-12-06.
• "Sugar-Production". UNB. 2004-12-30.
• "Production-Suspended". UNB. 2005-02-10.
• "Joypurhat Sugar Mills counting huge loss starts sugarcane crushing on Dec 2". bdnews24.com. 2005-11-28.
• "Sugarcane crushing starts in Joypurhat Sugar Mill". UNB. 2006-11-18.
• "Joypurhat Sugar Mill likely to achieve sugar production target". UNB. 2007-12-27.
• "Northern sugar mills face closure". The Daily Star. 2010-02-02.
• "Dinajpur mills to start sugarcane crushing on Dec 2". The Daily Star. 2011-11-27.
• "Mill shut for want of sugarcane". The Daily Star. 2012-01-16.
• "11 freedom fighters lined up, then killed". The Daily Star. 2012-04-27.
• "Testimony against Jamaat trio". The Daily Star. 2012-11-14.
• জয়পুরহাট চিনিকলের বিপুল পরিমাণ চিনি অবিক্রীত. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 2013-07-27.
• "Son defends accused Alim". The Daily Star. 2013-09-03.
• "Charges Alim facing". The Daily Star. 2013-10-09.
• "17 charges against Abdul Alim". bdnews24.com. 2013-10-09.
• "Sugar mills defer crushing dates due to blockades". The Daily Star. 2013-12-08.
• "Joypurhat Sugar Mills exceeds crushing, output targets after 7 years". The Financial Express. Dhaka. UNB. 2014-03-23.