Sugar Belt
The Sangli region is known as the "Sugar Belt of India". This region houses over thirteen large sugar factories. Vasantdada Patil, who served as chief minister of Maharashtra for four terms, started the co-operative movement which helped Maharashtra become the most developed state in India. Most of the sugar factories of the Sangli sugar belt work on the co-operative basis. Vasantdada Sugar Factory near Sangli city was the largest sugar plant in Asia till late 90s.
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