NAGPUR: Officials of Patanjali Ayurved have been directed to start production at the company’s mega food park at Mihan by December 2021 by Deepak Kapoor, vice-chairman-cum-managing director of Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC).
MADC is the agency developing Mihan project. Patanjali had taken up over 200 acres of land through an auction for a food park in the non-SEZ area of Mihan in August 2017. However, the project could not take off in the announced time.
Kapoor was on a day’s visit to Mihan at Nagpur on Thursday. A press note issued by MADC said more than 12 lakh square feet of industrial hangar along with necessary machinery have already been installed 2-3 years ago by Patanjali. However, due to some issues production was delayed.
A MADC source said it is also learnt that the finance arrangements have been completed, with funds to also come from Patanjali’s internal sources. With this, it is expected to begin work on the project soon.
Kapoor also visited the Dassault Reliance Aviation Limited’s (DRAL) plant in the SEZ area. The MADC press note said the assembly of Falcon 2000 business jet is going on at full swing and there are plans to roll out a full-fledged aircraft by December next year.
