CONCOR to build cold storage in Nashik to assist onion growers
The foundation stone laying ceremony took place on July 30.
The Ministry also said that Indian Railways’ PSU, Container Corporation of India Ltd (CONCOR), is developing a cold store at Lasalgaon for storage of onions and other perishable produce.
Maharashtra being 33 per cent contributor to the national onion production needs quality storage options.
This cold storage will have a total capacity of 2500 MT out of which 1500 MT will be exclusively utilised for onion storage and the remaining for other perishable commodities such as fruits & vegetables such as Pomegranate, Grapes, Banana, Tomato, and Citrus.
Indian Railways has now steered into areas of providing storage facility to farmers, the Ministry said. The cold storage at Lasalgaon will be a boon to the farmers of not only Nashik & Lasalgaon but also of nearby areas of Jalgaon, Manmad, Dhule, etc.
The cold storage is being set up on CSR model by CONCOR at a cost of rupees five crores.
The cold storage will be maintained by Lasalgaon Vibhag Sahakari Kharedi Vikri Sangh Ltd.
CONCOR has also set-up Perishable Cargo Centres (PCCs) in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and West Bengal.
The facility at Rajatalab Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh is for storage of fruits and vegetables.
The facility at Azadpur, Delhi, is equipped with state-of-the-art ripening chambers for banana with auto control for temperature relative humidity and ethylene concentration. It is also equipped for pre-ripening processing of banana and other fruits like washing, de-sapping, sorting, grading, and packing etc. It has got cold storage facilities for storage of fruits and vegetables.
The Singur Perishable Cargo Centre in Hooghly, West Bengal, has been built using the “state of the Art” CIPC technology to provide higher value addition to growers of potatoes. This has helped storage of potatoes at optimal temperature thereby increasing its value.
CONCOR has taken up the work of upgradation of a Mango Pack House in Deogad, Sindhudurg, Maharashtra to provide better facilities to mango growers and farmers for exporting mangoes.
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