The Himachal Pradesh government will collaborate with National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) to set up a state-of-the-art milk processing plant at Dagwar in Kangra district, chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Monday (19th June 2023).

* While presiding over a meeting at Oakover in Shimla on Monday (19th June 2023), Sukhu said the plant would come up at a cost of about Rs 250 crore and dairy development board’s assistance would be taken for its operation and marketing.

* The chief minister said the Dagwar plant’s capacity would range from 1 lakh to 3 lakh litres, in which high-quality milk products would also be prepared.

* He said the Congress had in its “Pratigya Patra” promised to buy cow’s milk at Rs 80 per litre and buffalo’s at Rs 100 per litre from the farmers.

* “The state government is swiftly moving towards fulfilling this promise as it’s committed to promoting the dairy based industry in Himachal,” he added..

Source : TOI