GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today inaugurated the sprawling 22-acre Britannia manufacturing unit, touted to be the Bengaluru food-products company’s largest unit at Rampur, Kamrup (R) here, about 5 kilometers from Guwahati Airport. The unit will cater extensively to Assam and the north-eastern states.
The Rs. 170-crore greenfield manufacturing unit, which was decided to be set up prior to the Advantage Assam -- the investor’s global summit held here last February -- will have its own state-of-the-art production line-up along with the capacity of producing about 60000 tonnes of biscuits a year.
Sarbananda Sonowal, in his speech said, “This is one of the many success stories of Advantage Assam. With this investment, we hope many other such investments to come to this region.”
During the inauguration ceremony held here, Varun Berry, Managing Director of Britannia said that this unit will provide jobs for the local people of this region.
“Our 70 per cent of the workforce is reserved for women,” Berry said.
The Rampur unit is being built on the 100th year of completion of Britannia. The company has made the largest investment and largest factory campus here, Berry said.
Assam Industries and Commerce minister, Chandra Mohan Patowary, who was also present in the ceremony, said "This is an industry of the people. The benefits of this unit will not be confined within Britannia, but will also help the local people".
In a bid to discourage forceful donations or as locally said, chanda by various dubious organisations, Patowary said, “If in the fear of chanda Britannia industries decides to leave, remember 3000 Assamese locals will lose their jobs. So, it is on us to maintain good working standards so that we can get more such industries churning more jobs for our youths,” he added.
