After Banas Dairy’s successful execution of the oxygen plant, as reported earlier in these columns, the Gujarat government has now directed all dairy unions in the State to come forward and set up oxygen facilities in their respective districts.
A circular issued by Gujarat’s Registrar of Cooperatives has directed all the district cooperative milk unions across the State to immediately set up oxygen plants in their respective regions.
Shamalbhai Patel, Chairman of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), said all the dairy unions are positive about the initiative and have shown their readiness to fund the project , reports BusinessLine.
The district administrations will help in sourcing of technical details and equipment for the plant. Ramsinh Parmar, Chairman of Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd (Amul Dairy) looks to start the work immediately.
Commenting on the dairy union’s preparedness, RS Sodhi, Managing Director of GCMMF, said, “We are seriously looking into this as to how to go about it across the dairy unions.
