Chandigarh, Sep 18 (PTI) Haryana Bureau of Public Enterprises chairman Mohan Lal Kaushik on Friday said that a proposal has been prepared to set up steel silo warehouses on 100 acres of land in the Ambala-Shahbad belt to provide grain storage facilities for farmers.
The proposal will be implemented soon. Construction of a silo warehouse is also underway in Yamunanagar, and work is progressing at a fast pace, he said.
Kaushik was reviewing the progress of the Haryana State Warehousing Corporation, according to an official statement.
He said silos use modern technology for safe storage of foodgrains and the state government is therefore laying special emphasis on developing such facilities to ensure that farmers’ produce can be safely stored for longer
periods.
Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini announced the construction of warehouses with a storage capacity of about 3 lakh metric tonnes in the budget for 2026-27.
He said that a plan has been prepared to construct new warehouses with a capacity of 2,30,508 metric tonne at a cost of Rs. 180.05 crore and renovate warehouses with a capacity of 1,43,664 MT for Rs 110.68 crore. Thus, a total of Rs 290.73 crore is being spent on construction of new warehouses and renovation of existing ones.
Kaushik directed officers to ensure fortnightly and monthly inspections of warehouses across the state so that foodgrains remain safe and not a single grain is damaged. PTI SUN BAL BAL
