She said the government was committed to open food parks in the state. Of the 227 proposals, the industries department has given nod to 57 industrial units to open food processing units in different parts of the state.
In order to understand the problems being faced by investors, the industries department convened an interactive session here on Tuesday, in which 10 investors participated. Principal secretary C K Mishrasaid that the purpose of this meeting was to understand their practical difficulties and how the government could address their problems.
Investors complained that though the officials of industries department were very cooperative, they were facing problems at the ground level as the DMs and SDOs were not so cooperative. One of the investors said that BIADA had allotted land in several pieces which were not contiguous. Another investor said that power transmission line of 33 kVA passed through the land allotted to him. Mishra said all these problems would be looked into, so that food processing units could be made operational at the earliest.
The minister said the government has received investment proposals worth Rs 1.99 lakh crore in the state.