Motipur Sugar Mill Collapse: The Truth Behind Bihar’s Industrial Death

In this emotional and hard-hitting ground report, Rohit Jha and Pallavi from Witty Chokha visit the ruins of the Motipur Sugar Mill in Muzaffarpur, Bihar once a pillar of India’s sugar industry. During the 1970s and 1980s, Bihar produced 25% of India’s sugar output, with over 35 running sugar mills. Today, almost all stand abandoned.

The report uncovers the truth behind Bihar’s industrial collapse lack of government vision, political negligence, corruption, and unfulfilled promises by leaders like Lalu Prasad Yadav and Nitish Kumar, who repeatedly vowed to revive these mills but failed.

Through real human stories, we meet former mill workers, farmers, and local families who lost their livelihood after the mill shutdown. With no jobs left, people are now selling rusted scrap from the factory ruins to survive. This is not just the story of one sugar mill it is the story of Bihar’s broken development model and betrayed dreams.