CEO and managing director of Patanjali Group Acharya Balkrishna who would soon be performing bhumi poojan for his `500 crore worth food processing industry at Pithampur, today visited Pithampur and made an intensive inspection of 40 acres of land allotted to him by the Madhya Pradesh Ayodyogik Kendra Vikas Nigam to to set up food processing industries. During his visit to Pithampur, Balkrishna was also accompanied by the MP AKVN MD Kumar Purushottam.
According to AKVN sources, Balkrishna accompanied by Kumar Purushottam reached Pithampur at 7 am on Wednesday morning to inspect the land allotted to him by the M P government. During his visit, officials of construction agency were also present, from whom, Acharya Balkrishna took minutes details of food processing facilities to be set up, besides cost of facilities and total time that would be required to complete the construction works.
At its proposed food processing facilities at Pithampur, Patanjali Group plans to manufacture, noodles, oils, wheat flour and other food items.
Balkrishna said that as per the earlier schedule, the Patanjali Group wanted to perform bhumi poojan for its food processing units at Pithampur on February 12, however, due to some unavoidable reasons, the earlier bhumi poojan schedule has been deferred and the next date for the same would be announced soon. After his return from Pithampur, Balkrishna left for Delhi on Wednesday afternoon.