Surat: Sumul dairy will establish an ice-cream and ice cream-cone making plant at a cost of Rs 125 crore, which will be the first ice-cream cone making plant in Gujarat.

State BJP president CR Patil will perform foundation stone laying of the plant on 8th June at Navi Pardi plant of Sumul dairy. Sumul dairy will be the first institution to get the approval for the Product Link Incentive Scheme of the central government. Sumul dairy will produce 1 lakh litre ice cream and 3 lakh cones daily in the plant. The plant will have a capacity of producing 8 lakh cones per day.

Sumul dairy will be the first dairy to manufacture ice-cream cones among 27 dairies in the state. Sumul dairy is also selected for making organic laboratory under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojna of the Ministry of Food Processing. The dairy will get Rs 20 crore for the same. DeshGujarat.