Fresh milk and dairy products manufacturers Gyan Dairy, a unit of CP Milk & Products Limited, has increased its milk production capacity to 15 lakh litres per day from 11 lakh litres per day.

This move has been initiated in a bid to capitalise on the growing demand for milk and dairy products in Uttar Pradesh.

The company has established a state-of-the-art plant in GIDA Phase II, in Gorakhpur with a capacity of five lakh litres per day, at a cost of approximately 120 crore.

The plant is spread over an area of 20067 square meters. With the establishment of this plant, over 1800 direct and indirect employment have been generated and over 1 lakh cattle rearing families will benefit.

“We started our journey in 2007 with just two products in our portfolio, namely Gyan Skimmed Milk Powder and Gyan Desi Ghee. Milk was procured from the market and transported to our plant. The income from the sale of milk had gone to middlemen, depriving dairy farmers of fair compensation for their produce”, said Jai Agarwal, Managing Director, C.P. Milk & Food products.