Jharkhand Industrial Area Development Authority (JIADA) approved the investment proposal to set up a mega food park at Chandankyari in Bokaro. The decision was taken in the project clearance committee meet held at JIADA office at Balidih in Bokaro on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Bokaro DC M K Baranwal and the Regional Director of JIADA.
In the meeting, JIADA has approved land to set up the unit at Chandankyari. With an estimated investment of Rs 222 crore Triveni Group a real estate company is on move to set up a mega food park, said Manoj Jaiswal Secretary BIADA.
This would be the second food processing park in Jharkhand. The first is erected over 56 acres of land at Getalsud village at Ranchi. It is a Public Private Partnership (PPP) project under the aegis of the Mega Food Park Scheme (MFPS) of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India, informed an official.
The Triveni Group has a 0.5 million tonne integrated steel mill and captive power plant in Seraikela-Kharsawan and low-cost housing projects across the State, he said.
The park will have facilities for multi-chamber cold storage, dry warehouse, vegetable dehydration line, modern quality control and testing laboratory and other processing facilities for fruits and vegetables.
This project will create a modern infrastructure to minimise the post-harvest losses of the agricultural produce and will also give a strong boost to the growth of food processing sector in Jharkhand, said Amar Bauri Minister for Revenue, land Reforms, Art, Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs of Jharkhand.