Sugar industries are the largest agro-based industries after textile industries in India and have its big share in economic development. It not only generates huge employment opportunity to the rural and urban population but also contributes in various ways to the economy. In nature, sugar industries may also be considered as multi product industry, the byproducts are bagasse, molasses, press mud etc. having their multiple usages. In a way the variety of byproducts that sugar industries have their direct or indirect impact on our day-to-day life. Despite of the benefits sugar industries have some social cost that is environmental problems. Basically, the byproducts of sugar industries are the solid waste and without filtration if they are dumped into the water bodies or to the open atmosphere, they are hazardous and impact the environment adversely. In wake of environmental degradation, the corporate or the owners of the industries have some legal, ethical and social obligations and they need to adhere upon to the said norms. The whole idea of this paper revolves around the environmental problems related to the sugar industries with special reference to Govind Sugar mill, Aira, Lakhimpur Kheri. To know about the byproducts of sugar industries and their social cost is also an objective of this paper. The magnitude of this paper is to study the certain production and filtration processes of the said industry.

Keywords : Sugar Industry, Social Cost, Environmental Impact, Production and Filtration Processes.