Chittagong’s S Alam Refined Sugar Mill has burnt about 100,000 tonnes of unrefined sugar. Still, the company has prepared refined sugar for the next 10-12 days. Meanwhile these sugars are being supplied to the market.
At the same time, S Alam Group will restart sugar refining from Saturday (March 9) to avoid the impact. The company informed this information in a press release on Thursday (March 7).
It is said that as a result of the fire, about 100,000 tonnes of unrefined sugar was burnt. Fortunately 3-4 other sugar warehouses located nearby were not damaged by the fire. As a result, refined sugar is ready for the next 10-12 days, which will ensure supply to the market for consumers. Besides, if the sugar refining operation starts again from Saturday, it will play a role in controlling the market situation.
S. Akhtar Hasan, general manager of Alam Group, said that the supply of refined sugar to the market is starting from this afternoon. Production will start at the main factory from Saturday. Every effort will be made to avoid any impact of this fire on the market.
He further said that the burnt warehouse contained more than one lakh metric tonnes of raw sugar. The rest of the warehouses currently have 6 lakh 41 thousand metric tons of sugar raw material.
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