Gopal's sweets will invest Rs 150 crore to set up a manufacturing unit in Mohali Industrial Economic Zone (MIEZ), being developed by the Royale Estate Group.

Spread over 150 acres with a plan to expand it to 500 acres over the next three years, MIEZ's proximity to an International Airport, and other transport him gives advantage of connectivity to all the four states.

"With the perishable nature of our products, mainly sweets and other dairy and bakery products, we were looking for the most central and strategic location from where we could serve all the four states within the desirable timelines,” said Sharanjit Singh managing director of Gopal's Sweets Pvt. Ltd.

Punjab's green farm products, such as green peas, cabbage, onions and potatoes, which currently go to Rudrapur in Uttarakhand for processing & packaging, will now no longer have to go to Uttarakhand.