Mangalore, January 28: Chief Minister D V Sadanada Gowda on Saturday laid foundation stone for the proposed modern sea food processing plant under the Rastriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) on the premises of Karnataka Fisheries Development Corporation (KFDC) at Hoige Bazaar, here.
The government under RKVY sanctioned has Rs 25 crore to the KFDC to strengthen the fish marketing activities in Karnataka. The modern sea food processing plant will be set up at a cost of Rs 5 crore.
The plant was proposed, following the shortage of fish processing plants. As a result, the fish catch from Mangalore was being transported to Kerala and exported from there.
The plant which will come up will consist of 500 tonne frozen storage, 10 tonne capacity flake ice plant, trolly freezer having a capacity of 10 tonne per day, plate freezer of 6 tonne capacity per day and 10 tonne chilled room.
This plant will have water purification unit (RO), Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP), Quality control lab meeting the standards of export inspection council of India (AIC), European Union (EU) and will implement HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point). It is proposed to produce frozen fish and fishery products, value added- ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat fishery products for domestic and export market.
The work of constructing the plant has been entrusted to the lowest bidder M/s ETA Engineering Company, Bangalore, for Rs 4.56 crore. The plant will be ready within a period of 9 months, he said and added that there is a lot of potential for processing of sea food for domestic and export market.
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