A modern dairy plant of 30,000-litre-per-day-capacity of the Omfed has been opened at Salapada near Aanandpur in Keonjhar district.
Finance and Public Enterprises Minister Pradip Kumar Amat inaugurated the plant on Tuesday.
The Omfed plant at Salapada would provide quality milk and milk products to consumers in the industrial belts of Keonjhar and Jajpur districts, officials said.
The plant has been put up at an expenditure of Rs 4.35 crore consisting Central aid of 3.65 crore and the Omfed’s Rs70 lakh.
The plant is presently supplying 21,000 litres of milk, including 14,000 litres of toned milk and 6,000 litres of premium milk, to the consumers. It is procuring milk from more than 7,000 dairy farmers.
The plant has more than 100 retail outlets in Anandpur, Jajpur Road, Jajpur Town, Panikoili, Duburi, Haripur, Mangalpur, Kalinganagar, Bari, Kuakhia, Chandikhol, Chhatia and Tangi areas.
Apart from milk, the plant would produce lassi, sweet curd, plain curd, butter milk, paneer, rabidi and ghee to cater to the needs of local consumers, officials said.