Mega food park opens in Assam for food processing industry
The park expected to witness an additional investment of about Rs 250 crore in 30-35 food processing units and generate a turnover of about Rs 450-500 crore annually
BS B2B Bureau B2B Connect | Guwahati (Assam)
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Inauguration of the North East Mega Food Park at Nalbari (Assam)
To give a major boost to the food processing sector by adding value and reducing food wastage and loss at each stage of the supply chain with particular focus on perishables, ministry of food processing industries is implementing a mega food park scheme in the country since 2008. Under this scheme, the ministry had sanctioned a mega food park to North East Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd at Nalbari, Assam.
North East Mega Food Park has been set up in 50 acre of land at the cost of Rs 76 crore. This project is having facilities of fully operational industrial sheds for SMEs, developed industrial plots for lease to food processing units, dry warehouse of 10000 MT, cold storages of 3000 MT, common effluent treatment plant, quality control labs, etc. The park also has a common administrative building for office and other uses by the entrepreneurs. Six primary processing centres (PPCs) are also proposed to be set up at Nagaon, Badarpur, Tinsukia, Barapani, Krishnai and Kajalgaon which will provide facilities for primary processing and storage near the farms.
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Badal added that the modern infrastructure for food processing created at North East Mega Food Park will benefit the farmers, growers, processors and consumers of Assam and adjoining areas immensely and prove to be a big boost to the growth of the food processing sector in Assam.
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First Published: May 30 2015 | 12:59 PM IST