Uttar Pradesh: PM Modi to launch Amul unit today, gift projects worth Rs 2,000 crore to EUP Varanasi News – Times of India

Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi The second itinerary of Operation Flood, launched in 1970 to usher in a ‘white revolution’ in the country, will launch here on Thursday by gifting people dairy projects worth over Rs 500 crore from the Karkhiao region to the eastern UP region.
The PM will not only lay the foundation stone of Rs 475 crore Banas Kashi cluster for Amul products, but will also launch the National Dairy Development Board’s project which took over the failed unit of Parag Dairy in Ramnagar to restart the plant. Had taken. Harnessing bio-energy with an investment of Rs 19 crore. The White Revolution, also known as Operation Flood, associated with the rapid increase in milk production in the country.

Divisional commissioner Deepak Agrawal said, “The new logo for milk and its products being introduced by the Animal Husbandry Department of the Central Government will also be issued by the PM for the country.” To promote the dairy sector from Kashi, it is being considered as the beginning of a new ‘White Revolution’ in the Eastern UP region.
giving all the credit Modi Regarding ensuring the establishment of Amul plant in Kashi, Managing Director of Banas Dairy Sangram Chaudhary Recalls, “The Prime Minister asked us to do something that benefits Varanasi and the adjoining Eastern UP region as Gujarat has already benefited a lot from the ‘White Revolution’. This has led to the production of the full range of Amul products in Varanasi. It was decided to establish Banas Kashi complex for this purpose.
Banas Dairy President Shankarbhai Choudhary said that the Amul unit would benefit the dairy farmers of 1,000 neighboring villages of Varanasi and adjoining districts including Jaunpur. Machlishahr, Chandauli, Bhadohi, Ghazipur, Mirzapur and Azamgarh.
“This will save their time and also eliminate the problem of price fluctuations in different seasons of the year. They will start getting paid on time while the company will also pay dividend on its profit. The project is expected to provide direct employment to 750 people in the plant, about 2,350 people in allied areas and about 1,00,000 people in villages.
“The dairy sector in the region is sure to see further growth as the capacity of this plant, which is being commissioned with a capacity to produce 5 lakh liters per day, doubled in the second phase after the Amul unit in Kashi was commissioned in 18 months. To improve the milk production of dairy farmers, the focus will also be on breed up-gradation of cattle of this region. Also, through digital transfer in the bank accounts of farmers by the PM for the year 2020-21. 35.19 crore will be paid to about 1,75,000 milk farmers as dividend at the end of the year.
Agarwal said, “NDDB’s project with an investment of Rs 19 crore for operationalization, which was run by Parag Dairy in Ramnagar, will also be launched by the PM. This milk processing plant with a capacity of 2 lakh liters per day will be operated by NDDB by generating power from the bio-gas plant. NDDB will procure cow dung from farmers for running bio-gas power plants.
“Another work related to milk and milk product will be the launch of new logo for it by the PM,” Agarwal said, “Initially, the logos of milk and milk products were different, but now the Animal Husbandry Department of the Central Government is A step has been taken to set a uniform standard according to which this logo is being introduced.The portal of the department for certification of milk and allied products will also be operationalized by the Prime Minister on the occasion.
Will also lay the foundation stone for the widening and strengthening works of Prime Minister Narendra Modi Mohan Sarai (Varanasi)-Deen Dayal Upadhyay Nagar Chakia Road (Chandauli) of Rs 412.53 crores and Varanasi-Bhadohi-Gopiganj road of Rs 269.10 crores,” said district magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma, adding, “The total value of the new projects for which the PM will lay the foundation is Rs 1,225.51 crore.”
He said that 22 completed projects worth Rs 870.16 crore would also be dedicated to the nation by the PM.

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