Overhauling of plant begins at Trident Sugars

Factory staff recalled after a 14-month lay-off

K. Mallikarjun is a farmer from Mamidigi in Nyalakal mandal. His family has some 20 acres out of which four acres was under sugarcane. Till last year not only Mallikarjun but several farmers like him were a worried lot as they were forced to transport their entire sugarcane to other places like Ganapati Sugars at Sangareddy and Gayatri Sugars at Kamareddy for crushing.

Despite all odds the farmers here opt for cultivating sugarcane as they have been habituated to that for the past several decades apart from having the sugar mill at a reachable distance. Sugarcane is cultivated in some 20,000 acres here with an estimated output of about seven lakh metric tonnes of sugarcane.

The cane farmers are in a happy mood as the Trident Sugars, located at Kottur on the outskirts of Zaheerabad, has restarted activity after several rounds of discussions with the officials. Even sugarcane farmers in this area had staged protests at least on two occasions in the recent past demanding that the government take steps to reopen the factory, which was under lay off for about 14 months.