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Both the sugar commissioner and agriculture commissioner have undertaken an outreach drive to ensure that the model is used across the state. Sugar Commissioner Shekhar Gaikwad said the model has been introduced during the regional meetings between his office and representatives of mills. “Along with the sugar commissioner, the department will hold meetings with mills and ask them to take up this method to control the infestation,” he said. For cane growers, the larvae stage is the most dangerous. AdvertisingThe Shree Vighnahar Cooperative Sugar Mill, located in Junnar taluka, has been fighting this infestation by adopting an integrated approach..