President inaugurates Amul ‘s cattle feed plant in Gujarat (Video)

Kapadvanj

President Pranab Mukhejee today inaugurated the most modern cattle feed plant at Kapdivav village near Kapadvanj in presence of state Governor, Chief Minister, local MLA and leader of opposition Shankersinh Vaghela among others. Presented here is a video of the function which was attended by large number of local milk producers from rural areas.

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India’s biggest modern feed plant was inaugurated today by President Shri Pranb Mukherjee at Kapdivav village near Kapadvanji in central Gujarat. The plant according to its Managing Director is spread ver 24 acre of land with built-up area of 50,000 square meter. The plant has capacity to produce 2,000 tonne feed per day to serve 300 million cattle nationwide. Amul MD said Amul has now plants in Gujarat, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Punjab and even America. Amul Chairman Ramsinh Parmar said the plant has capacity to produce 1,000 tonne cattle feed per day which is expandable to 2,000 metric tonne. The plant has 40 – 50 thousand tonne storage capacity. Chief Minsiter Anandiben Patel on this occasion said milk sector contributes 5% to state GDP. She said while nationwide population of cattle has been down by 3.33%, the same in Gujarat is up by 15.36%.

– DeshGujarat