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Sugar mills are shifting to Maharashtra because cane grown there has a higher:

ASucrose content
BWater content
CFibre content
DStarch content
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Sucrose content
1. A cooler climate lengthens the crushing season. 2. Higher sucrose content is the draw. 3. Cooperatives also do well there. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 6, Manufacturing Industries._
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