Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani, the Chairman of Mahtani Group of Companies (MCG) has been one of the finest people that Zambia has ever seen. The 67-year old Zambian businessman has a prolific career that extends to more than 30 years and involves contributions such as Finance Bank Zambia and Radisson Blu. The latest inclusion in the list of achievements will be a bio-plant which would be setup in the Luapula Province in association with a UK based company by the name of Sunbird Group.
For a project worth USD 190 million, a person needs to have confidence in his decision and moreover, needs determination to believe that Zambia will make a progress irrespective of the prevailing corruption. Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani Zambia has often believed that it is the people who make a nation and hence, he believes in every Zambian is as strong as the roots of a banyan tree. Now, one question that would arise in the mind of every reader is why would be Dr. Rajan Mahtani be interested in setting up a bio plant? Well, the answer has two reasons. First of all, Dr. Mahtani is a man on a mission to develop Zambia. This bio-plant would offer employment to the locals and will improve the productivity of the region. Secondly, the bio ethanol plant would help Zambia to go green and fight pollution.
As per the derived estimates, about 7000 people would be directly employed and another 25000 farmers would be required to meet the requirement of cassava. The basic input which the bio-plant would be using is cassava and its wide availability in the region will make it easier for the plant to operate. Witnessing the above mentioned conditions and reasons, it has become obvious that Luapula was an underutilized province and with this project, the potential of the same will now be utilized to the fullest.