BEGUSARAI: Chief minister Nitish Kumar inaugurated a beverage bottling plant, arguably the largest in eastern and northeastern India, on the premises of Industrial Growth Centre at Barauni on Friday.
Varun Beverages Limited (VBL), one of the biggest franchisees of the multinational beverage company PepsiCo, has set up the unit to produce beverages sold under various popular trademarks. To begin with, the company has started production of carbonated soft drinks, fruit juices and packaged drinking water. Also, the company has claimed that 90% of the workforce at the plant will be from Bihar.