Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Major General ASC visits Sikkim Milk Union


Major General ASC of Eastern Command visited Sikkim Milk Union
Gangtok, August 4: A team of Army Officials from Eastern Command, Kolkata lead by the Major General (MG ASC) Rajendra Prasad Rai visited the Sikkim Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd on 4th August 2009. The Sikkim Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd is supplying Milk to Army establishments in Sikkim and West Bengal.
As a part of inspection, the MG ASC visited Sikkim Milk Union along with the Commanding Officers of Sikkim ASCs Col. Jivan Zende and Col. Ashish Sirsekar and Maj. Upadhyaya this evening.
The MG ASC complimented the efforts taken by the Sikkim Milk Union in delivering quality milk to its consumers including the army. He has visited the Gangtok Dairy plant at Tadong and appreciated the process being followed the Sikkim Milk Union in the processing, packaging, storage, quality control and delivery.
During the visit, the MD Sikkim Milk Union requested the MG to provide more opportunity to serve Army by adding additional stations including one in Changu for milk supply.
MG ASC assured to look into the possibilities and conveyed the same to his officials to work on the proposal.
The MD, Sikkim milk MD Dr. P Senthil Kumar explained the quality aspects of Sikkimilk products and expressed the happiness over the relationship between the Army and the Sikkim Milk Union and assured all necessary support to army in the days to come as well. All the milk union officials were present during the visit of MG ASC and conducted the visit cordially.