Indian state of Odisha is planning to build two new dairy plants, in order to increase the milk production capacity in the region.
The proposed dairy plants will be located in Angul and Keonjhar and will see an investment of around INR80m ($1.3m) each.
Once operational, each plant is expected to have a capacity to process 30,000 litres of milk every day.
The state's milk production has increased from 1.4 million tonnes annually in 2006-07 to 1.78 million tonnes annually in 2013-14.
In addition, the state government has announced plans to set up two ice cream production facilities in the region.
State Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Resources Development minister Pradeep Maharathy was quoted by the Business Standard as saying, "For forward linkage on marketing milk supplied by the dairy farmers, our government has supported establishment of eleven dairy plants having capacity of 545,000 litres per day with more than 350 bulk milk coolers, ice cream plants, milk powder plant and milk product factory."
