Jagan Initiates Distillery and Millet Project Today:
On Wednesday at around 11 a.m., Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy will remotely lay the foundation stone for a distillery project worth Rs 544 crore. This distillery, established by the Navadurga Group, is situated near Jajarakallu village in D. Hirehal mandal of Anantapur district.
Spanning across 29.95 acres near the Karnataka-Bellary border, the distillery will primarily utilize locally sourced maize and paddy dust to produce ethanol. Nagaraja Rao, the General Manager of District Industries, noted that the facility will create direct employment opportunities for approximately 500 skilled workers and indirectly benefit another 500 unskilled individuals.
Moreover, farmers in the surrounding areas will have the opportunity to sell their produce to the distillery. Additionally, the Chief Minister will also virtually initiate the foundation laying ceremony for a secondary millet processing unit in the Kurnool district.
This project allocated a budget of 4.41 crore, is situated in Chinna Pendekal village within the Adoni mandal. It marks the first of 13 secondary millet processing units planned across Andhra Pradesh, aligning with the state’s food processing policy.
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