YS Jagan lays foundation stone for Amul project at Chittoor dairy

Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy performed Bhoomi puja for Amul project at Chittoor Dairy on Tuesday and inspected the photo exhibition set up at Chittoor police parade grounds. The Chief Minister will address a public meeting at the Chittoor Police Parade Grounds in a while.

Earlier, YS Jagan arrived in the Chittoor district in a special flight where the ministers, MLAs, and other leaders gave a warm welcome to the Chief Minister.

It is learned that the foundation stone for the construction of a 300-bed hospital building will be laid in the CMC hospital premises by Chief Minister at 1.05 PM.

The restoration work of Chittoor dairy, which is being undertaken at Rs. 385 crores will start its production by April 2024 by setting up a milk processing unit in the first phase. In the second phase, the government will be setting up the largest ice cream plant in the country with Re. 150 crore followed by a dairy factory along with Ultra High Treatment (UHT) plant.

Through this dairy restoration, employment opportunities will be provided to 5000 people directly and 2 lakh people indirectly besides benefitting 25 lakh dairy farmers.