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Riga
Sugar
Company
Limited (RSCL),
the flagship company of DHANUKA GROUP has Sugar
(5000 TCD), Distillery(50 KLPD), Ethanol (45
KLPD) & DAP/Organic Fertiliser factories
in North Bihar (India) located at village and
railway station, Riga, on Narkatiaganj- Samastipur
meter gauge section of Northern Eastern Railway.
SUGAR:
Company’s sugar factory is one of the oldest sugar
factory in India which was set-up in 1933 by The
Belsund Sugar & Industries limited under British
Management which was taken over by Dhanukas in 1950.
Under the Scheme of Arrangement as sanctioned by
Hon’ble Calcutta High Court the sugar factory was
transferred w.e.f.1.10.1981 to Riga Sugar Company
Limited which was incorporated on 2nd
September,1980. The initial installed capacity of
the sugar plant was 800 TCD which was increased to
1200 TCD in 1956 than increased to 2000 TCD in
1987-88. In 1995-96 the company undertaken
Expansion-cum-Diversification scheme whereby the
capacity of sugar plant was increases to
2500 TCD and New Distillery Plant of 50 KLPD was
set-up.
In
1999-2000 the company implemented the scheme of
Sugar Technology Mission (STM) project for
Technological Upgradation-cum-Capacity Optimisation
Scheme of Sugar Unit as approved by STM, Government
of India at the Projected cost of 2675 Lacs and
simultaneously undertaken expansion scheme for
increasing the capacity to 3500, which was completed
in the season 1999-2000. Consequent to said STM
Scheme the Major machineries of the sugar plant was
newly installed like replacement of entire Mills,
addition of Boiler, Turbine and Equipments in
Boiling/Manufacturing House.
Again
in 2006-07 the company undertaken project of
expansion of sugar plant to 5,000 TCD at cost of Rs.
35 Crores and achieved the enhanced capacity of 5000
TCD in current season 2010-11.
DISTILLERY:
The company’s 50 KLPD Distillery Plant was set-up
in September, 1995 for manufacturing and marketing
of Molasses based Alcohol which is of high quality
and well regarded in the market.
ETHANOL:
The New Ethanol Plant of 45 KLPD commenced
commercial operation from 4th April, 2007 and has
been supplying Ethanol to Oil companies at different
locations in Bihar and Jharkhand for admixing with
Petrol.
FERTILISER:
The
company manufacture N:P:K Manure under the Brand
name of HARABHARA FERTILISER. The company is also
manufacturing BIO-COMPOST in the name of KRISHI-LABH
by using Distillery Effluents on press mud of sugar
which is very useful for foodgrains, vegetable,
fruits, sugarcane, tea plant etc.
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