The most awaited dream project of the farmers, a construction of cold store is in limbo in Saptari district. The lack of a cold storage facility in the area means that local productions like fruits and vegetables are damaged, incurring losses to the farmers.
The Rani Jamara Kulariya Irrigation Project (RJKIP) has begun a discussion on how the stalled construction of a cold store at Tikapur in the district could be resumed.
Farmers in the Tehrathum district have got the threefold price of the orange after two months of the season thanks to the facility of a modern cold store.
The cold store centres constructed by the Bagmati Province government to promote agricultural production and keep them safe have started to come into operation.
बैतडी (नेस) । बैतडीको सुर्नया गाउँपालिका– २ सिउडेमा शीत भण्डार भवन निर्माण कार्य शुरू भएको छ । संघीय सरकारको विशेष अनुदानअन्तर्गत शीत भण्डार भवन निर्माण कार्य शुरू भएको हो । उक्त शीत भण्डारको प्रतिनिधिसभा सदस्य दामोदर भण्डारी, प्रदेश सांसद लिलाधर भट्ट र उपाध्यक्ष लीला विष्टले संयुक्त रूपमा शिलान्यास गरेका छन् । शीत भण्डार भवन निर्माणका […]
DAMAULI, October 19: Construction of a cold store has been intensified at Sangam Tole of Shuklagandaki Municipality-8 in Tanahu. The construction had begun last April with the conditional grant by federal government and municipality budget.
The municipality has termed it a pride project, said ward chair Krishna Prasad Regmi, adding that it would be easy for the locals to store agricultural products and keep fresh for sale. The federal government had provided Rs 10 million in grant while the municipality managed Rs 20 million for the construction of the cold store.
The undertaking was begun after bidding. The store is being constructed at a public land protected by the local Sirjansheel Women Society of Lalima. The need of cold store was acute after the farmers were forced to sell agricultural products at meagre price or it decayed. "With this, farmers began commercial potato farming.
They will now sell the potato at reasonable cost," Regmi added. Preparations are on to complete infrastructure so that the products as potato and gingers would be stored from this very fiscal year. Ward Office itself has been assisting to transport the local produce to the store. For the transportation of potato alone, the ward has allocated Rs 200 thousand budget this year.
Similarly, the farmers have been distributed potato seeds. Even the 'one ward one product' programme was in place to encourage farming. Ward No 8 has been prioritized as pocket area for potato production. The programme has been further assisted by the federal government.
Farmer Manju Shrestha informed that they were happy to see the construction of cold store. "Now, we don't need to transport agro product to Pokhara for sale," she shared the relief.
सुर्खेत- कर्णाली प्रदेश सरकारले चालू आर्थिक वर्षभित्रमा तीनवटा ठूला क्षमताका शीत भण्डार निर्माण गरेको छ ।प्रदेशको भूमि व्यवस्था कृषि तथा सहकारी मन्त्रालयले चालू आर्थिक वर्षमा दैलेख, सुर्खेतको गुर्भाकोट र वीरेन्द्रनगरमा एक-एक शीत भण्डार निर्माण गर्ने भएको हो । मन्त्रालयका प्रवक्ता धनबहादुर कठायतका अनुसार कर्णाली प्रदेशमा २०७५-७६ देखि हालसम्म ठूला र साना गरी प्रदेशका सबै जिल्लामा […]
KATHMANDU, Feb 19: The government will start implementing Cold Store Construction Project from the current fiscal year, officials of Ministry of Agricultural Development (MoAD) said.
