Hyderabad, March 15 -- A Rs 300-crore oil palm processing factory built by Telangana Oilfed at Narmetta in Siddipet district will be inaugurated on March 22 by chief minister A Revanth Reddy. The facility was completed in about 18 months.

Agriculture minister Tummala Nageswara Rao and minister Ponnam Prabhakar inspected the plant ahead of its inauguration.

Plant capacity and facilities

The processing plant has been built using "advanced Malaysian technology" and has the capacity to process 30-120 tonnes of oil palm fresh fruit bunches per hour.

It includes facilities for the production of crude palm oil and palm kernel oil, a 4 MW bio-power plant, and a zero-liquid-discharge water treatment system.

Ministers' remarks

Speaking during...