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Sukhjit Mega Food Park comes up in Phagwara

Phagwara, November 24 Sukhjit Mega Food Park and Infra Limited, a Centre-supported food processing unit, was virtually inaugurated by the Centre and state government ministers. Among those who inaugurated it virtually were Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Rural Development, Agriculture and Farmer Welfare, Panchayati Raj and Food Processing Industries, along with Rameswar Teli, Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries, Som Parkash, Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Manpreet Singh Badal, Minister of Finance, Planning, Programme Implementation, Punjab. The inauguration ceremony was also attended by Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal, MLA, Phagwara, Joginder Singh Mann, Chairman, Punjab Agro Industries Corporation, besides Commissioner Municipal Corporation-cum-ADC Phagwara, SDM Phagwara, SP Phagwara, officers from Punjab Bureau of Investment Promotion and various other senior government officials and other dignitaries. The ceremony was organised by strictly adhering to social distancing norms and other safety protocols amid the pandemic. Espousing the vision of Late IK Sardana, former Managing Director, and KK Sardana, the Managing Director of the company, Bhavdeep Sardana, director of the Mega Food Park, said the project had been sanctioned by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India, and set up at Rehana Jattan, Phagwara, creating affordable infrastructure for the food processing industry besides facilitating direct procurement of various crops, including perishables, from farmers. The food park has set up a cold store facility, IQF facility and multi-vegetable processing line, deep freezers, silos, dry warehousing facility, sorting grading facility, standard design factory sheds for MSMEs, water treatment plant, developed internal roads and drainage system and quality control laboratory among other things.

The Tribune

2020-11-25