The oldest sugar mill

Kushtia Sugar Mills Ltd.

The Kushtia sugar mills Ltd. Started in 1961. Actually it starts its construction in this year. The construction completed in 1965. The trial of production starts in 1965-1966. That time there was much sugar cane that is why they can produce much more sugar.  Actually everyday cane crushing capacity was 1016 MT per day then it increases to the production near about 1524 where Yearly production was 15240 M.T. The increasing cane crush happens in the year of 1969-1970. The earnings of the mill were 6.74 million. To more earning the factory increases its man power and they started to buy more sugar canes from the farmers as a profitable price. The farmers were very keen to produce more canes as for their living. In the year of 1981-1982 the mill gains a profit of 7.85%, the highest production was 19920 M tons.  The machineries of this factory were supplied by M/S Mirrels Watson Company Ltd, Scotland which costs 29.92 Million Tk. The total area of the Factory is 221.46 acres. The total area is in one piece land. There are many complexes in the mill with a high school, training complex, a medical centre, two clubs, a canteen etc. There are also quarters for the employee of the factory 161 for family and 59 single for living. From the establishment of the mill the locality becomes economically grown up and the economical condition of them becomes sound. It is found by a statistics that 70% people of the locality is related with the mill directly or indirectly. But the political condition of the locality is comparatively unrest from others. It is a great regret for this organization the terrorism created. Besides this the factory pollutes the air, water, soil of area surrounded with said the WHO. There are some limitations of the factory like, there is no lot of acute money so the manager cannot pay the purchases money to the cane growers, they cannot pay price to the cane growers, and Financial Department depends on loan. Recently this factory is running loss there are some causes for the loss like, the officers and employees do not love to their jobs, they are not their duty properly, Machinery and manpower are rested because of the raw materials, shortage of sill labor. Thus it can say that Bangladesh has immense potentialities to develop this improving the lot of those associated with it. Govt. is now aware about the Sugar Mill.