UP CM lays foundation for Rs 1600 cr Patanjali food & herbal park in Noida

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav laid foundation of Patanjali’s Food and herbal park in Noida to be constructed in 455 acres with investment of Rs 1,666.80 crore.
According to a PTI report: The Chief Minister said the project will help youth and farmers and will also create direct employment opportunities for 8,000 persons and indirect opportunities for 80,000 people.
Terming UP as a big market, Akhilesh Yadav said if anyone wanted to invest in vegetables and milk production, they would get big market in the state itself which they would not get in the entire country.
Assuring all the help possible from the state government for the establishment of the park, Akhilesh Yadav said it would also encourage other entrepreneurs to invest in the state.
Baba Ramdev on the occasion praised the Chief Minister for the development works initiated by him and he was quoted by PTI as saying that “state government is doing whatever is possible for making state modern and developed”.
He said that the work on the park would be completed by end of next year and it would be biggest food park of the country where products worth Rs 25,000 crore would be produced per year.