The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of ‘Banas Dairy Sankul’ at the UP State Industrial Development Authority Food Park, Karkhiyaon, Varanasi. Spread across 30 acres of land, the Dairy will be built at a cost of about Rs 475 crores and will have a facility for processing 5 lakh litre of milk per day.
The Prime Minister also digitally transferred about Rs 35 crore bonus to the bank accounts of more than 1.7 lakh milk producers associated with Banas Dairy. The Prime Minister also laid the foundation stone for the Biogas based Electricity generation plant for the Milk Producers Cooperative Union Plant, Ramnagar, Varanasi.
The Prime Minister launched a Portal and Logo dedicated to the Conformity Assessment Scheme of milk products, developed by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) with the help of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB).
The programme also witnessed the Prime Minister inaugurating and laying the foundation stone of developmental projects worth over Rs. 1500 crores in Varanasi. This will further strengthen the ongoing 360-degree transformation of Varanasi, claimed a PIB release.
Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath and Union Minister Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey were among those present on the occasion. Several persons from the dairy sector including NDDB Chairman Meenesh Shah, GCMMF’s MD R S Sodhi and others were present on the occasion.
NDDB later tweeted “Shri Shah Meenesh, Chairman, NDDB greeting Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji during the launch event of several initiatives in Varanasi.”