India is one of the largest producers and consumers of 22
million tones of sugar per annum in the world and about
1000L of wastewater is produced for every ton of cane
crushed [1]. Because of high BOD content, sugar industry
wastewater lead to the depletion of dissolved oxygen content
in the water bodies resulting if discharged untreated, rendering
the water bodies unfit for both aquatic and human uses [2]. If
untreated wastewater is discharged on land, decaying organic
solids present in the wastewater clog the soil pores [3].