Bhoramdeo Sahakari Sakhar Utpadak Karkhana Maryadit (BSSUK), a cooperative sugar mill in Chhattisgarh, has signed a pact with NKJ Biofuel Ltd to set up an ethanol production unit on a public-private partnership (PPP) basis in the state’s Kabirdham district, a public relations department official said on Wednesday. As per the agreement, NKJ Biofuel Ltd, a subsidiary of Chhattisgarh Distilleries Ltd, will carry out ethanol production using sugarcane juice and molasses, a byproduct of sugar mill, for a period of 30 years, it said.
The contract was signed between BSSUK and NKJ Biofuel on Tuesday in the presence of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel here at his official residence, the official said.
