No shortage of sugar : Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said there is no shortage of sugar in the state and urged consumers not to worry amid concerns about its availability.

In a review meeting, Adityanath said 179.38 lakh quintals of sugar are currently available with sugar mills in the state.

Of this, 23.60 lakh quintals were with cooperative mills, 5.28 lakh quintals with state-run corporation mills and 150.50 lakh quintals with private mills, according to an official statement.

Sugar mills have also sold 235 lakh quintals of sugar during June and July, most of which is still available in the open market, it added.