IDPL Antibiotics Plant, Rishikesh (Virbhadra)

Завод антибиотиков IDPL в Ришикеше (Вирбхадра)

IndiaРишикеш (Вирбхадра)1967Industrial sites

A plant of the state-owned Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited (IDPL) with its township at Virbhadra near Rishikesh, set up in 1967 on about 850 acres. According to a study by P. K. Ghosh, IDPL was set up with Soviet technologies for manufacturing 22 antibiotics, and the USSR also supplied the equipment. The plant produced penicillin, tetracycline and other bulk drugs.

Завод государственной компании Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited (IDPL) с заводским посёлком в Вирбхадре близ Ришикеша, основанный в 1967 году на участке около 850 акров. По исследованию П. К. Гхоша, IDPL создавалась на основе технологий СССР для производства 22 антибиотиков, оборудование также поставлял СССР. Завод выпускал пенициллин, тетрациклин и другие субстанции.

Property abroad

EraUSSR

FunctionIndustry and infrastructure

Present ownerGovernment of Uttarakhand (land of the closed plant)

Acquisitionbuilt

StatusSold, transferred or lost

As of2023-08

According to LiveLaw (8 August 2023), the Rishikesh plant is closed; the Uttarakhand High Court stayed the demolition of houses in the plant township that had been started by the state authorities.