India, Feb. 22 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath laid the foundation stone of the country's first biopolymer plant in Lakhimpur Kheri on Saturday and said the participation of 60 crore devotees in the holy dip at the Sangam between January 13 and February 22 during the ongoing Mahakumbh demonstrated Uttar Pradesh's potential on a national and global scale.

As for the biopolymer plant, it will come up at the Balrampur Chini Mills Limited's Kumbhi Sugar Mill Complex in Lakhimpur Kheri district at a cost of Rs.2,850 crore.

The plant will produce bottles, plates, cups and carry bags that will be completely disposable and dissolve in the soil in three months.

The Yogi Adityanath government had signed an MuU with the Balrampur Chini Mills fo...