Summary:
Out of 1.49 crore hectares of possible sugar plantation this year, only 28,118 hectares of land have come under sugar plantations. In Maharashtra, out of 355 talukas, 82 talukas received the more than 100% rainfall while 42 talukas received an average 25%-to-50% rainfall. 154 talukas received 50% to 75% rainfall while the 75% to 100% rainfall is recorded in 78 talukas. "The average sugar plantation in Konkan region is 751 hectares against zero acres this year while the average sugar cane plantation area in Nasik division is 44,481 hectares against 12,242 hectares this year. The total 28,118 hectares land has come under sugar plantation against the average of 90,4977 hectares of land in this season so far," informed an official..