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Defaulting sugar mills warned of cases
THE Punjab government has decided to take stern action against the sugar mills that had not made payments to sugarcane farmers.
The decision was taken in a meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Javed Mehmood here on Monday. Directives have also been issued to commissioners and district coordinator officers concerned for ensuring payment to sugarcane growers at the earliest.It is decided that 18 sugar mills, which are defaulters, should pay outstanding amount of Rs 655 million to farmers, otherwise, cases would be lodged against them.
It was told in the meeting that out of total 18 defaulting sugar mills of 2008-09, six had not paid the farmers their amount in 2007-08. The sugar mills are: the Abdulla-1 Sugar Mill, Okara, Abdullah-2 Sugar Mill, Sargodha, Crescent Sugar Mill, Faisalabad, Fecto Sugar Mill, Bhakkar, Haseeb Waqas Sugar Mill, Nankana Sahib, National Sugar Mill, Sargodha, Baba Farid Sugar Mill, Okara, Chinar Sugar Mill, Faisalabad, Chistia Sugar Mill, Sargodha, G Sumandari, Faisalabad, Hussain Sugar Mill, Faisalabad, Koh-i-Noor Sugar Mill, Khushab, Makkah Sugar Mill, Kasur, Shakar Ganj-1 Sugar Mill, Jhang, Shakar Ganj Bhon, Jhang, Shakar Ganj, Jhang, Tandalianwala Sugar Mill, Faisalabad and Tandalianwala-II Sugar Mill.
Meanwhile, Chief Secretary Javed Mahmood held an open court at the Civil Secretariat. He received applications against police, land grabbers and revenue officers and issued orders regarding redress of the grievances. Nadeem Hassan Asif, Home Secretary, Ch Muhammad Ilyas, Secretary Regulations, and Jawad Rafique Malik, Special Secretary Health, also held open court in their offices.
The News:Tuesday, June 23, 2009
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