Ian MacLeod Distillers, a distillery of Scotland, will set up its distilling unit at Pandoga in Una.
The proposed investment is about Rs 52 crore and the company will provide jobs to 150 persons. It will also be the first-of-its-kind project in Himachal Pradesh. The company has submitted its application for allotment of land in the industrial area at Pandoga. Officials of the Department of industries have forwarded it to the government for approval, sources said.
The GM, Industries, Una, Anshul Dhiman, said the company had completed all formalities at the ground level and proposed to set up the state-of-the-art unit. They had tested the underground water and found it suitable for the distilling of Scotch whiskeys, he said.
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