Pranab Mukherjee inaugurates Jangipur Mega Food Park in Murshidabad, WB

New Delhi, Aug 24 (KNN) President Pranab Mukherjee today inaugurated the Jangipur Mega Food Park in Murshidabad, West Bengal, in the presence of Governor of West Bengal Keshari Nath Tripathi.

The food park is having the facilities of fully operational industrial sheds for SMEs, developed industrial plots for lease to food processing units and facilities of 8000 MT Warehouse, 5000 MT Multi Crop Cold Storage, 10000 MT Potato Cold Storage, IQF & Pulping line of 1.5 ton per hour each, 3000 MT Deep Freeze and Quality control lab.

The Park also has a common administrative building for office and other uses by the entrepreneurs, Dormitory and Row Houses. 6 Primary Processing Centres (PPCs) at Kandi, Sheikhpara, Barasat, Siuri, Gour Road and Katwawill provide facilities for primary processing and storage near the farms.

“The Mega Food Park to leverage an additional investment of about Rs. 250 crore in food processing units in the Park, generate a turnover of about Rs. 500 Crore annually and is expected to provide direct and indirect employment to 6000 people at CPC & PPCs and benefit about 25000-30000 farmers in the catchment areas,” said Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal.

Speaking at the inauguration, Badal said that, “Connecting farmers with food processing infrastructure and creating markets are her primary goals so that farmers get remunerative price of their produce. Modern infrastructure at Jangipur, Murshidabad will benefit farmers and growers of North 24 Paragans, Birbhum, Malda, and Bardwan and would benefit processors and consumers and will give big boost to the growth of the food processing sector in West Bengal. Mega Food Park at Jangipur has been set up with the project cost of Rs. 132.71 Crore approximately and in an area of 82.11 acre with a grant of Rs. 50.00 crore provided by my ministry.”