Gandhinagar. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the progress made by Banas Dairy in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district is a right step towards ‘local to global’. He is on a three-day visit to his home state from Monday to inaugurate several development projects. On Tuesday morning, he inaugurated the Banas Dairy Complex at Deodar at a cost of around Rs 610 crore. Addressing nearly one lakh people, the Prime Minister said, “This is probably the first time that I am getting the blessings of around 2 lakh mothers and sisters. During the 1 to 2 hours I spent at the plant, I met with agricultural producers and plant officials and was very impressed with their work. Banas Dairy Plant is a great example of women empowerment.”
Glimpses from my visit to @banasdairy1969, The Dairy is equipped with modern infrastructure and is contributing to India’s strides in the dairy and animal husbandry sectors. pic.twitter.com/0tFCnjBiUa
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 19, 2022
The project also includes a potato processing plant and a community radio station. The Prime Minister also launched an organic fertilizer and bio-CNG plant at Dama apart from a project for expansion of paneer and whey plants in Palanpur virtually. He laid the foundation stone of four new biogas plants at Khimana, Ratanpur Bhildi, Radhanpur and Thawar.
Spent time at the impressive Potato Processing Plant at the @banasdairy1969 complex. This factory is all about value addition and is testimony to the innovative zeal of the people of Banaskantha. pic.twitter.com/RV9zj3UPuH
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 19, 2022
PM Modi said, “The Banas Dairy Project has established that not only milk, but other products can also be useful for doubling the income of farmers. This is a right step for today’s India to go from local to global. Despite being a water scarce region, Banaskantha has shown that through Kankrej breed cow, Mehsana buffalo and potato, it can be a model to be replicated.”