All 11 co-op sugar mills in red, owe cane growers ` 367 cr
CHANDIGARH: All the eleven cooperative sugar mills in Haryana are in the red, having a collective loss of about `509 crore. These co-op sugar mills also jointly owe `367 crore to cane growers. The financial condition of the three private sugar mills is no better as they too are in losses and collectively owe `119 crore.
This was stated by minister of state for co-operation Bikram Singh Yadav in a written reply tabled during the question hour on Wednesday.
Yadav said that Meham cooperative sugar mills topped the list having estimated losses to the tune of about `79 crore followed by Rohtak co-operative sugar mills (`63 crore), Jind cooperative sugar mills (`54 crore). Among the three private sugar mills, Saraswati Sugar Mills has an estimated loss of `19 crore followed by Piccadilly sugar mills ( `10.55 crore) and Naraingarh sugar mills (`10 crore). MAXIMUM DACOITY CASES IN GURGAON
In a written reply to an unstarred question asked by INLD MLA Hari Chand Middha, chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar said Gurgaon district recorded the highest number of 37 dacoity case from October 2014 to February 2016. Khattar said that a total of 267 dacoity cases were registered during this period in Haryana and 190 cases were traced by the police. POWER CONNECTIONS
Replying on behalf of the chief minister, transport minister Krishan Lal Panwar said that a scheme has been prepared to supply electricity to dhanis. Out of 39,921 dhanis, electricity is being supplied to 35,649 dhanis through Pilot Advance Transformers (PAT).
Replying to a starred question, irrigation minister Om Prakash Dhankar on Wednesday said that certain areas of Loharu, Badhra and Dadri villages were not getting adequate canal water due to bad condition of canals. Dhankar said that government plans to repair these canals in the next 3-4 years as canal repair is a continuous process.
Education minister Ram Bilas Sharma said that with a view to improving quality of education in government schools, the state government was considering introduction of English as a subject from Class I.