An ambitious plan to set up a one lakh litre milk processing plant in Hotwar, Ranchi, has remained a non-starter for two years in a state that has a history of stillborn projects.

The government had identified around an acre for the proposed Rs 19-crore plant, proudly labelled the Jharkhand Dairy Project. Today, only a robust foundation stone — laid by former Governor K. Sankaranarayanan — tells the sorry tale of a failed mission amidst swathes covered in weeds.