Food processing, textile firms propose investments in Ujjain district
Indore: Three food processing units and a textile firm submitted their intention to invest to the
Madhya Pradesh Industrial Development Corporation
(MPIDC) for Ujjain district.
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These four industries collectively proposed to invest close to Rs 2,963 crore and create 13,150 jobs.
Amitex Agro Product Pvt Ltd proposed to invest Rs 200 crore to set up a food processing unit at Lalukhedi, Agar Malwa. The company pledged to create around 800 jobs. Another food processing firm, Sanket Oils Pvt Ltd, intended to invest Rs 75 crore in the food oil processing sector at Mandsaur and create 650 jobs. Safal Food Pvt Ltd showed interest in setting up a pulses mill with an investment of Rs 138 crore at Mandsaur, generating job opportunities for 800 people.
Jain Cord Industries Pvt Ltd pledged to invest Rs 2,500 crore in textile and apparel manufacturing at Basai, Mandsaur. The textile unit proposed to create 11,000 jobs.
Rajesh Rathod, Executive Director, MPIDC, Indore, said, "Food processing and textile units have shown a lot of interest in setting up facilities in industrial belts in Ujjain. Proximity to Indore, the airport, dry port, and availability of land and workforce have attracted the interest of industries.
We are expanding the industrial belts, looking at the growing interest of investors."
On the occasion of the Agriculture Industry Conclave held on Sunday at Sitamau in Mandsaur district, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav laid the foundation stones and issued LOI to 11 industries proposing investments of more than Rs 3,800 crore. MPIDC is planning to develop phase 2 of the Jaggakhedi industrial belt on around 72 hectares to attract new investment.
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The corporation has taken up undeveloped land at Dhikola and Bhuki villages in Mandsaur district for developing phase 2 of the Jaggakhedi industrial area.
According to the industries department, Mandsaur district received encouraging intentions to invest from industries in Gujarat and Rajasthan owing to its proximity to the border.
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