Chief Minister M. K. Stalin on Tuesday virtually inaugurated the new warehouse facility in the existing Dairy-cum-Powder Plant (DCPP) at Ammapalayam village near Chengam town in Tiruvannamalai to store additional 1,500 tonnes of skimmed milk powder.
Officials of the Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation (TNCMPF), said that the existing DCPP plant, which was established by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) in November 2014, has the capacity to handle two lakh litres of milk per day (LLPD) and to produce 20 tonnes of Skimmed Milk Powder (SMP) per day. It also manufactures 100 tonnes of ghee every day.