Sriganganagar will be made hub of food processing: Raje

Rajasthan' Srigangangar district will be made the hub of food processing and required logistics units would be set up here, Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje today said.

During an interaction with farmers and traders in Sriganganagar today, the chief minister directed the industry and agriculture departments to hold discussions with the farmers for 15 days and work on the plan.

She also directed the officials to hold discussions with food processing companies based in Israel, Dubai and other countries so that MoU can be signed with them in the upcoming global Rajasthan agritech meet in Jodhpur.

Raje asked officials to suspend sports officer in Srigangangar Surjeet Singh on complaints against him for not providing adequate sports facilities and for laxity in sports activities.

Following the chief minister's directives, the state sports council suspended Singh with an immediate effect.