LEH:  DivisionalCommissioner Ladakh, Saugat Biswas today informed that a roadmap has beenprepared for making the Milk Pasteurization Plant Leh functional soon.

The Divisional Commissioner was speaking at a meeting whichwas attended by CEO LAHDC, Leh Avny Lavasa, Chief Animal Husbandry Officer,Deputy Registrar Cooperatives, Assistant Commissioner Development, ExenM&RE PDD, Exen PHE and Executive members of Ladakh Milk Producer’s CooperativeFederation (LMPCF), Leh. The Divisional Commissioner appreciated the effortsput forth by the district administration in removing major bottlenecks comingin the way of functionalization of pasteurization plant.

On the occasion, Biswas in consultation with thestakeholders finalized the technical and operational measures to be taken forthe sustainable functioning of the Plant. The road map of implementation wasdrawn out and instructions were given for making the plant functional by theJuly 15, 2019.He urged the concerned Department to devise a systematicmechanism for streamlining processing, packaging, branding and marketing thepasteurized milk. It was said that Cooperatives and the Animal HusbandryDepartment will integrate the LMPCF in the supply chain.

Div Com urged the Milk Producers Cooperative Federation tomake capital investment in packaging material and its printing and also incertain recurring operational costs. He asserted that uninterrupted functioningof this milk plant is in the overall interest of milk producers of Leh district,and subsequently Kargil too.Directions were issued to the Engineers of PDD andPHE department to install of 100KV transformer, and bore well at the plant siterespectively. ACD Leh was directed to complete the compound wall of the sitewithin three weeks.

CEO LAHDC, Leh assured that training and handholding to theoperating staff from the milk cooperatives will be arranged by the districtadministration.

Later, the Divisional Commissioner also visited the MilkPasteurization Plant and took stock of the existing machinery and the newcooling infrastructure being put in place.