The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

The government will construct 280 godowns across the country with a accommodation capacity of three lakh twenty thousand tonnes of rice and wheat.

The Food Ministry has already submitted two separate projects to the Advisory Committee of the Government for its approval. The Ministry is expected to start construction work in July after approval from the advisory Committee. Talking to the New Nation, Pius Costa, Director General of Food, said accommodation capacity the each of the godowns would be between 500 and 550 tonnes.

He said most of the godowns would be constructed in northern districts, which supply bulk of the foodgrains to be procured by the government.

The total storage capacity of 639 godowns all over the country is 12.50 lakh tonnes of rice and 2.85 tonnes of wheat.