Dairy major Amul is keen on setting up a Rs 400 crore project in drought-hit Vidarbha region of Maharashtrawhere farmers are committing suicides, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Tuesoday.
“We have requested Amul to set up dairy projects in Vidarbha where farmers are committing suicide. They have shown interest in Rs 400 crore project. With their cooperation we will increase milk production by four to five times. Farmers will get much relief,” Gadkari, who is an MP from Nagpur that is in the Vidarbha region, told PTI.
Vidarbha which houses 75 per cent of forests of Maharashtra has so far not been able to be successful in dairy business and west Maharashtra's Kolhapur district has much better production, the Road, Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister said. The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) markets the Amul brand of milk and dairy products and the Amul Model of dairy development is a three-tiered structure.