Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will lay the foundation stone for the Neera plant of the Kuttiyadi Coconut Farmers Company at Mullankunnu in Maruthongara grama panchayat in the district on Saturday.
The Kuttiyadi-based company is the twelfth coconut farmers’ group registered under the Coconut Development Board permitted to produce Neera. This will be the fifth plant that will commercially market Neera.
The Neera plant would come up on a 2.13-acre plot purchased by the shareholders, officials said here on Thursday.
Second projectA Palakkad-based company had brought out Neera for the first time in the State. The Kuttiyadi project will be the second one in north Kerala.
Agriculture Minister K.P. Mohanan will preside. Mullappally Ramachandran, MP, will distribute the certificates to shareholders.
K.K. Lathika, MLA, will felicitate the Neera master trainers. C.K. Nanu, MLA, will release the logo of the company and the Coconut Development Board will deliver the keynote address.
