Rangpur Sugar Mill, the only heavy industrial enterprise in Gaibandha district, has remained closed for nearly five years, leading to severe deterioration of its facilities. The 35-acre factory compound has become overgrown, while sugarcane transport vehicles and costly machinery are rusting and becoming unusable. The mill’s operations were halted in December 2020 to reduce losses and modernize the facility, but no reopening has occurred since.
Established in 1954 to promote sugarcane cultivation in the agricultural region, the mill once supported the livelihoods of about 30,000 people, including farmers, workers, and employees. By June 2021, it had accumulated losses of over Tk 514 crore, prompting the Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation to shut it down. Farmers were later brought under the nominal operations of Joypurhat Sugar Mill to sustain limited sugarcane farming.
Local farmers, workers, and residents have renewed their demand for reopening the mill after local MP Mohammad Shamim Kaiser Linkon raised the issue in Parliament. The mill’s acting managing director said any decision to restart operations depends on higher authorities, while minimal staff and maintenance costs continue to burden the government.
মিজানুর রহমান রাঙ্গা, সাঘাটা (গাইবান্ধা) প্রকাশ : ১১ এপ্রিল ২০২৬, ০৯: ২৭ গাইবান্ধা জেলার একমাত্র ভারী শিল্পপ্রতিষ্ঠান রংপুর চিনিকলটি প্রায় পাঁচ বছর ধরে বন্ধ। দীর্ঘদিন বন্ধ থাকায় মিলের কারখানা চত্বরের ৩৫ একর ভূমি জঙ্গলে ভরে গেছে। অযত্ন- অবহেলায় খোলা
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