Company officials said the plant could be set up soon at Tegubehar where Dabur is in the process of buying land from the Himachal government. |
"We will also train locals in the art of bee-keeping and buy raw honey and process it at our plant," said SR Saini, project head of Dabur. |
"We will also multiply queen bees and distribute them among farmers so that they can take up bee-keeping in a big way," he said. "The Kullu valley has a huge potential for producing top-quality honey which we want to tap," he added. |
The exact cost of the plant isn't known at this stage. |
Earlier this summer, Sant Agriculture, a sister concern of Dabur, carried out successful experiments in the state by raising and distributing a new breed of bees in Kullu and the adjoining Lahaul valley and gathered around 2,500 quintals of high-quality honey. |
This encouraged Dabur to set up the honey plant in the region. |
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