Riga Sugar Company Limited
(RSCL), the flagship company of DHANUKA GROUP has
Sugar (4500/5000 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 for estimated
cost of Rs. 25 Crores and expansion project to
4500/5000 TCD has been completed in season 07-08 and
expected to stabilize the production at enhanced
capacity of 5000 TCD in 08-09.
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.
