Tender Notice
On account of favourable Geo-climatic conditions, hard working farmers and ample irrigation facilities, Kolhapur district in Western Maharashtra is known for abundant production of sugarcane. This in turn triggered the establishment of the sugar industry. At the beginning of the eighties, ample arid land came under cultivation due to Doodhganga (Kallammawadi) dam resulting in buoyant growth in the cane production.
In Kolhapur District more and more farmers were inclined to produce sugar-cane. This exerted undue pressure on the then existing sugar mills in the district, due to which late crushing of sugar cane threw the farmers in embarrassment. The village Hupari and its surrounding area faced this critical circumstance severely.
Hence, Hon’ble Kallappanna Awade, a doyen in the co-operative movement, decided to establish Kallappanna Awade Jawahar Shetkari Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana in the year 1981. However, the condition of minimum distance between two sugar mills proved to be a hindrance for the new sugar mill and hence he could not secure an industrial license for about a decade.
In 1990, the Central Government reduced the minimum distance between two sugar mills to 15 km as against 40 km earlier. Subsequently, the Government of Maharashtra sanctioned the transfer of machinery along with the industrial license of Godavari Sugar Mills Ltd., Sakarwadi. Accordingly, Kallappanna Awade Jawahar Shetkari Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd., Hupari was registered under the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act on 29/01/1990.