Red Hills rice mill cluster
Introduction
Red Hills, a town located north-west of Chennai, is known for paddy-related business and hosts a cluster of about 200 rice mills, of which only about 100 are presently operational. The majority of these mills fall under the MSME category. The Red Hills cluster processes about 429,000 tonnes of paddy annually to make parboiled rice and raw rice which is mainly supplied to government agencies. About 70 mills produce parboiled rice, which accounts for 69% of total production, and the remaining 30 mills produce only raw rice (31% of total production). Important by-products from rice mills include husk and bran. Husk is used in-house as fuel for boilers; the bran is sold for further processing.
Products manufactured
Parboiled rice, raw rice
Number of MSMEs
100
Energy consumption
Low
Main fuels
Biomass (husk, wood); electricity
Production & turnover
279,000 tpa
Total energy consumption (toe)
19118
Leading industry association(s)
Red Hills Rice Millers, Paddy and Rice Merchants Association
Energy efficiency initiatives
Cluster profiling of energy intensive MSME clusters http://www.sameeeksha.org/index.php?option=com_projects&task=level&title=ahmedabad&id=42
Cluster profile
http://www.sameeeksha.org/pdf/clusterprofile/RedHills_RiceMills_TamilNadu.pdf
Other resources
- MSME Development Institute, Chennai/Thiruvallurhttp://www.msmedi-chennai.gov.in/MSME/Thiruvallur.jsp
- District Industries Centre, Thiruvallurhttp://www.dictvlr.in/