Chennai: The Central government along with the government of Himachal Pradesh has launched country’s largest fruit processing line at Cremica Mega Food Park at Una district of the northern State.
The food park is spread over 55 acres and was inaugurated by Union Minister of Food Processing Industry, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, MP Una, Anurag Thakur, Chief Minister, Himachal Pradesh, Jai Ram Thakur, in the presence of Minister of State State for Food Processing Industries, Sadvi Niranjan Jyoti, Industry Minister, HP, Vikram Singh, Rural Development Minister, HP, Virendra Karwar, and other dignitaries.
To function as a decentralized structure with world class infrastructure and technology, the Cremica Food Park will have India’s largest fruit processing line with a capacity of 1.5 lakh tonnes per annum, a release stated.
The food park was set up at a project cost of Rs 100 crore and boasts of the finest food processing infrastructure facility in the country, the release added.
Cremica Food Park will help realize the government’s aim of linking agricultural production to the market by bringing together farmers, processors, and retailers so as to minimize wastage, increase farmers’ income and create employment opportunities in the rural sector, the release said.
Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal said the food park will leverage an additional investment of about Rs 250 crore in 25-30 food processing units in the park and generate a turnover of about Rs 450-500 crore annually. The park will also provide direct and indirect employment to 5,000 persons and benefit about 25,000 farmers in the CPC and PPC catchment areas, he added.