Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has inaugurated through video conference a dairy plant in Pudukottai.

With the commissioning of the ‘Aavin’ dairy, constructed at a cost of Rs. 2.99 crore, all the 17 District Milk Producers Cooperative Unions in the State now have full-fledged milk processing and storage facilities, an official release said.

The Pudukottai dairy can process 35,000 litres of milk a day.

It would benefit nearly 45,000 milk producers under the cooperative fold in the district. It would also help augment the per capita milk availability in the district.

The Chief Minister also inaugurated refurbished milk dairy at Kaakkalur in Tiruvallur district, completed at a cost of Rs.4.51 crore, and warehousing facilities at a cattle fodder plant in Erode district, the release said.

Modernisation helped the Kaakkalur dairy to enhance its daily processing capacity to one lakh litres, thereby making available more quality milk to consumers of Greater Chennai and Kancheepuram district. The project was partly funded by the Centre.

Dairy Development Minister V. Moorthy and top officials were among those present on the occasion at the Secretariat.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> National> Tamil Nadu / Special Correspondent / Chennai – July 21st, 2014