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Mega Food Park in Ludhiana at Rs117 crore

Ludhiana: Union Minister Food Processing Industries, Harsimrat Kaur Badal laid the foundation stone of the Ludhiana Mega Food Park at Ludhiana on Monday.

Ministry has approved three Mega Food Park in the State of Punjab. Out of these three Mega Food Park first Mega Food Park located at Fazilka has already become operational. Badal, laid the foundation stone of second Mega Food Park today at Ludhiana. Third Mega Food Park (M/s Sukhjit Mega Food Park) approved in Kapurthala District of Punjab.

This Mega Food park has a Central Processing Centre (CPC) at Ludhiana and four Primary Processing Centres (PPCs) are being set up at Hoshiarpur, Amritsar, Fazilka and Bathinda to provide strong backward linkages. The Mega Food Park is expected to provide direct and indirect employment to about 6000 people and benefit about 25,000 – 30,000 farmers in its catchment area.

Badal informed that this Mega Food Park will be set up with the project cost of Rs. 117.61 crore in an area of 100.20 acres. The park will have facilities of 500 kg/Spiral Freezer, 1000 MT Cold Store of Onion & Garlic, 1000 MT Frozen cold store of Vegetable produce, 10000 MT Dry warehouse, 10000 MT Silos, 100 MT Ripening Chamber (ECRC), 1 MT/Hr Dehydration Line (Air dried), 400 MT Cold storage, Reefer vans, Food incubation center (ICRESAT) and Testing Laboratory.

Union Minister expressed confidence that this Mega Food Park project will create a modern infrastructure for arresting post-harvest losses of horticultural and non-horticultural produce and provide impetus to the growth of food processing sector in Punjab. This Mega Food Park project will help in providing better prices to farmer, reduce wastage of perishables, add value to agricultural produce and create huge opportunities for entrepreneurship and employment for the youth of the state.

Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab Sukhbir Singh Badal and Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti were also present on the occasion.