Patna: Cane industry minister Sanjay Kumar Singh will inaugurate three schemes in Naubatpur block of Patna district on Wednesday to promote sugarcane cultivation, raise farmers’ income and support the state govt’s efforts to revive and strengthen the sugar industry.The schemes include a cane nursery and an equipment bank, both set up to assist farmers, particularly small and marginal ones with limited landholdings. A jaggery-making unit has also been established at Nagwan village to process sugarcane juice and produce ‘gur’.The cane industry department said the initiatives in Naubatpur were part of the govt’s broader plan to set up 25 new sugar industries and revive nine closed sugar mills.
