सहकार महर्षी
The Movement of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar S.S.K. Ltd is progressing under the leadership of Shri. Arvind Janardhanrao
Gore
from last Twenty-five years. There are 9968 members (shareholders) from 150 villages in the
surrounding.
Factory
holds
310 acres of land, 125 acres is reserved for agricultural R&D programs.
Though the sugar factory is located in a drought-prone area of Maharashtra it has shown
significant
achievements in fields such as lower cost of production, minimum expenses on salary and
non-productive
items,
capacity utilization, sugar recovery. The factory has won an award for technical efficiency by
the state
government. The factory is totally computerized. All field offices are connected to the factory
through the
GPRS system. Farmers are connected to the factory via mobile phones by providing individual
updates like
cane
weighment & cane bill.
The factory has started various bi-products based manufacturing units like Distillery, Ethanol,
Bio-Gas,
Co-Generation, Solar Power Generation by investing more than Rs. 150 Cr. On capital.
To meet the exponential increase in power demand of a nation Ambedkar Sugar factory is
developing a Solar
Power Plant (Farm) of 1MW in its premise under JNNSM by Govt. Of India & MNRE. This kind of
green power
generation is the first of its kind by a sugar industry in India.
Ambedkar sugar factory has contributed to the socio-economic development of Dharashiv district
of
Maharashtra
by paying the highest cane payment to Cane farmers and providing them educational facilities for
overall
agricultural development.
