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In a significant push towards agricultural value addition, Chief Secretary Sh. Anurag Rastogi today presided over a high-level meeting of the Committee of Secretaries on Infrastructure (CoSI) in Chandigarh to consider the ambitious Kinnow juice processing plant at Sirsa to be set up on PPP mode.

The meeting underscored the Haryana Government’s commitment to transforming the state’s fruit economy and enhancing the income of Kinnow farmers. The proposed state-of-the-art plant, announced in the State Budget, will be set up at the Vita Milk Plant premises in Sirsa with a total investment of ₹26.39 crore.

It was emphasised during the meeting that the project, to be developed under a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode with a 33-year concession period, is designed to benefit all stakeholders. Haryana Dairy will provide approximately three acres of land for setting up the Kinnow Juice Plant, while the private partner will install the required plant and machinery along with civil infrastructure and undertake operations of the plant.  

Managing Director, Haryana Dairy Development Cooperative Federation, Rohit Yadav, highlighted that Haryana produces approximately 4.40 lakh metric tonnes of Kinnow annually, with Sirsa alone contributing nearly 55% of the total output. The new facility will process around 9,000 MT of Kinnow and 12,600 MT of other fruits every year, generating premium packaged juice.