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| India’s first camel milk plant to begin by March end in Kutch |
| 06 February 2018 |
After a long wait, India's first camel milk processing plant will commence operation by March end this year in Kutch.
Kutch District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd popularly known as Sarhad Dairy has received formal confirmation of release of grant from the government of Gujarat and will soon initiate tendering process for the procurement of machinery. Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) which markets Amul brand will market camel milk.
GCCMMF has been selling chocolate made of camel milk since last four months. For this, Sarhad Dairy has supplied 40,000 litres of camel milk till date.
Confirming the development, Sarhad Dairy chairman Valamjibhai Humbal told TOI, "We were promised Rs 3 crore grant. Of this, we got Rs 1 crore two years back and last week we got confirmation on release of the rest Rs 2 crore from the state government. We have initiated the process of tendering for procurement of machinery." The plant will be located in Lokhond village about 10km from Bhuj city near the existing milk processing facility of the dairy.
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