SHIMLA: The industries department of Himachal Pradesh has prepared the detailed project report (DPR) of Bulk Drug Park in Una district in less than 15 days and submitted it to the state government on Wednesday.
The capital cost of the project is around Rs 1923 crore, out of which the grant-in-aid from the government of India is Rs 1,000 crore while the state government will provide the balance funds of Rs 923 crore for the park.
Director of industries Rakesh Prajapati — along with his team including additional director Tilak Raj Sharma and others — managed to prepare the DPR “in a record time”.
In this mega project, the common infrastructure facilities such as a steam plant with a capacity of 300 TPH, power infrastructure with 120 MW capacity, water infra along with a water reservoir having capacity of 15 MLD, solvent extraction plant, common effluent plant with zero liquid discharge catering to chemical discharge of 5 MLD etc. will reduce the initial capital cost of manufacturing units in the park.
All the affairs of this park (construction, implementation, O&M) will be undertaken by the State Implementation Agency (SIA).
The department of industries has proposed six multi-fuel boilers for generation of steam in the park to meet out the steam demand and will also produce additional 36 MW of power.
Expressing his pleasure on timely submission of the DPR of the bulk drug park, chief minister Jai Ram Thakur said that it is indeed commendable that the state government on its own has been able to prepare the DPR for this project of national importance in the state.
He said that the DPR will be evaluated and then sent to the government of India very soon.
He said that there is an expected investment of Rs 50,000 crore in and outside the park with an expected employment opportunities of around 30000 persons.
He said this park will provide a huge impetus to the socio-economic development for the entire region and will not only meet the API demand of the pharma industry of the state but also cater to the demand of the Pharma sector across the country.
Jai Ram Thakur said that keeping in mind the demand of skilled manpower for the Bulk Drug Units in the Park, the Centre of Excellence has been provisioned in the park and a satellite centre of NIPER will also be established wherein research and development activities will be undertaken.
Rakesh Prajapati said that big pharma companies have already evinced interest in setting up units in the Bulk Drug Park and the state delegation will be meeting entrepreneurs in Hyderabad, Mumbai and Ahmedabad under the planned Investment Outreach Programme very soon.
