Modi Unveils Mega Food Park In Karnataka

TUMKUR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi  commissioned an integrated India Food Park in Karnataka.

The 110-acre mega facility is situated in Koravahalli village of Tumkur district, about 90 km from Bangalore.

Set up by the Mumbai-based FMCG major Future Group and touted to be the country's first, it integrates the entire food value chain from farm to plate at one location.

Built at a cost of 140-crore by Future Consumer Enterprises Ltd., with a 50-crore investment from the food processing industries ministry, the swanky park has cold chain infrastructure, pulping and IQF (individual quick freezing) lines, spiral freezers, mechanised sorting facilities and quality testing centres.

"The park has the capacity to process 4.5 million metric tonnes of foodgrains, cereals, vegetables, fruits and other farm products per annum. It has enough space to store rice, spice flour mills, grain silos and warehouses," Future Group chief executive Kishore Biyani said on the occasion.

About 7,500-square metres of space in the sprawling park has been earmarked for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) entrepreneurs and food producers, research and development (R&D) centres, a plug-and-play facility and packaging units.

"The ambitious project has the potential to benefit thousands of farmers, directly employ about 10,000 people and quadruple the value of food products processed in the park," Biyani asserted.

The state government, which allocated the land through its nodal agency Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB), is supporting the project by supplying 500 kilo litres of water and 7 megawatt of power daily.

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