SME Times News Bureau | 27 Nov, 2018
Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat
Kaur Badal recently inaugurated the second Mega Food Park in Maharashtra.
Promoted by Paithan Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd, the
Park is located in in Wahegaon and Dhangaon village
in Paithan Taluka of Aurangabad district.
A 3rd Mega
Food Park has been sanctioned by the Ministry in Maharashtra and is
under implementation in Wardha District while the first Park was inaugurated on
1st of March 2018 in Satara district.
The Paithan Mega Food Park Park has been set up
in 102 acre of land at a cost of Rs. 124.52 crore.
The facilities created by the developer at
Central Processing Centre (CPC) of this Mega Food Park include Dry Warehouse of
10,000 MT, Cold storage of 1,000 MT, Pre-cooling facility of 10 MT, Ripening
chambers of 400 MT, IQF Facility of 1.5 MTPH, Freezer room of 1,000 MT, 5 MTPH
Juice Line with 1.5 MTPH of Aseptic packaging Line,
Speaking on the occasion, Smt. Badal said that
the Mega Food Park will leverage an additional investment of about Rs. 250
crore in 25-30 food processing units in the park and would eventually lead to a
turnover of about Rs. 450-500 crore annually.
The Park will also provide direct and indirect
employment to 5,000 persons and benefit about 25,000 farmers in the CPC and PPC
catchment areas.
The Minister added that the modern infrastructure
for food processing created at Park will benefit the farmers, growers,
processors and consumers of Maharashtra and adjoining areas immensely and prove
to be a big boost to the growth of the food processing sector in the State of
Maharashtra.
