A modern milk powder plant is coming up at an estimated cost of ₹150 crore at Padalur in Perambalur district.
Official sources said the plant was coming up on a sprawling area measuring around 8,000 square metres. Construction work is apace at the project site with nearly 35% of the work having been completed till now. The plant would be a seven-storey structure and equipped with advanced machinery required for skimmed milk powder manufacture. The sources said the construction work was expected to be completed by August 2025. The plant would be an advanced unit coming under the Tiruchi District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Ltd.
At present, milk powder plants was in operation at Erode (10 tonnes), Madurai (10 tonnes), Tiruvannamalai (20 tonnes) and Salem (10 tonnes). The upcoming Padalur milk powder plant will be bigger in respect of capacity with advanced machinery than the other existing plants, the sources added.
Perambalur District Collector Grace Pachuau visited the project site at Padalur on Thursday and ascertained from the officials the extent of progress made in the plant construction work.