Thiruvananthapuram: The Emerging Kerala meet will present before the potential investors and entrepreneurs a slew of projects in the primary sector. The upcoming investment summit in Kochi will display the State Government’s prospective ventures aimed at making better use of its natural resources such as foodgrains, fruits, vegetables and herbs.
Among the facilities that the government is planning to set up is a Food Park in Thiruvananthpuram district. It is slated to come up in five acres of land at Vithura, 35 km south of the state capital. The plot is going to be on a 25-year lease, with an annual lease of Rs 20 lakh, according to Trivandrum District Industrial Centre (TDIC). It will be set up in the public-private partnership mode with the land on lease from the government. The acquisition is pegged at Rs 1.5 crore.
A food processing unit is also coming up in the coastal Alappuzha district. This facility, at Pallippuram near Cherthala, will be a boost to the ready-to-eat food industry, especially, Kerala’s very own banana and cassava chips industry, for which also there is a proposal to set up a production plant. The project cost of the food processing unit will be Rs 8 crore, while its sales turnover is pegged at Rs 20 crore. While various edible items will form its major raw materials, the land requirement is roughly one acre. The products proposed are frozen food items which are either ready to eat or ready to cook.
Also, in Ernakulam district, the government is planning to commission a banana/ cassava chips plant. With a project cost of Rs 8 crore, the facility aims to employ 28 people. As for coconuts, the government plans to establish three coconut bio-parks - one each in southern, central and northern Kerala. These parks will produce diverse value-added products of coconut.
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