A bulk Milk Cooling Unit was inaugurated at Kalyanpur in Tripura on Saturday for the benefit of milk producers.
The unit has the capacity to process 2000-liter milk. The unit was inaugurated by Cooperative Minister Ram Prasad Pal in presence of Chief Whip Kalyani Roy, MLA Pinaki Das Chowdhury, CMD of Gomati Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Ltd Alok Ranjan Sen and other dignitaries.
Dignitaries thanked the Gomati Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union for setting up a bulk unit for the welfare of the people engaged in the Dairy sector.
Speaking on the occasion, Ram Prasad Pal said government forms cooperatives for the benefit of the common people. The objective of Cooperative formation is to harness the economic prosperity of society through the development of individuals.
Even as a small cooling unit was set up in Kalyanpur earlier, it was not enough. As a result, milk producers of Kalyanpur were incurring losses. Milk would become sour even before reaching markets for sale.
“I got the information that a large quantity of milk becomes wastages before reaching markets only due to lack of cooling facility. The newly installed bulk milk cooling unit would be a boon for the milk producers of the area”, Pal asserted.
On the first day after the inauguration, more than 2000 liters of milk from different milk cooperatives under Khowai district arrived at the facility.
The Minister also said the incumbent government is offering different opportunities so that people can become self-reliant.
“It is not possible to give jobs to everyone – however, BJP-led government is working to create earning opportunities and pave the way to become Atma Nirbhar”, he commented.
Chief Whip Kalyani Roy said Kalyanpur is fast improving and it has already become a Mini Town. She hailed the decision of setting up the cooling unit in Kalyanpur and expressed hope that milk producers of the Khowai.
In his speech, local MLA Pinaki Das Chowdhury thanked the Gomati Milk Union and the State government for the Milk Cooling unit. He exuded confidence that the Dairy industry in Khowai will flourish.