Agro food & Marine Industries

Maruti Shetkari Asavani is planning a 60 KLD sugarcane juice & molasses-based distillery to produce rectified spirit/ ENA/ absolute alcohol & a 2 MW spent wash-based captive power plant at Village Kameri, dist. Sangli, Maharashtra. SMS Envocare is the environmental consultant & Business Brains is the distillery consultant. The project is waiting for environmental clearance. According to MoEF sources, the estimated cost of the project is Rs. 853.25 million, which includes cost of land and land development, civil and building, plant and machinery, margin money of working capital. Total plot area is 129,503 sq. mtrs, out of which 69,303 sq. mtrs will be for greenbelt development. Land is in possession. The company will install a 22 TPH spent wash-fired boiler with 2 MW TG set for captive power generation. Power requirement of 1.80 MW/ hr will be sourced from the CPP. The estimated time of completion of project will be 1.5 years after the receipt of environmental clearance. [Info as of: Sept. `16]

INDIA \ Maharashtra