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BSS, Chuadanga

Production at Darsana Sugar Mills (DSM) for the current season will begin from November 28, according to mills management sources.

The DSM has fixed a target to produce 12,800 metric tons of sugar during this season by crushing 1,60,000 metric tons of sugarcane.

The recovery percentage of sugar in the mills during the season has been fixed at 8 percent. The purchasing price of sugarcane has been fixed at Taka 70.73 per maund at the mills gate and Taka 69.12 per at purchasing centres of the mills zone area.

There are standing matured sugarcane on 14000 acres in the mills zone area, which are to be crushed in the mills during this crushing season.

Meanwhile, necessary preparations have been completed to start production at the mills for the current season.