Kathmandu, Apr. 27
A
modern cold storage facility has been brought into operation in Kapilvastu
district of Lumbini Province. The facility is spread in 1.5 bigahas of land in Buddhabhumi
Municipality-10 and has a fixed and current investment of Rs. 250 million.
Young
entrepreneur Ashish Sharma has brought the modified atmosphere cold storage
with a capacity of 2,500 tonnes with modern technology into operation, read a
statement issued by the company.
Sharma
informed that when the storage becomes operational at full capacity, around 80 people
will be directly employed. It will support the farmers in storing their
vegetables and other agricultural produce until they get a good price.
According
to him, the eight chambers in the cold storage have been prepared to increase
the shelf life of vegetables, agricultural produce and frozen food (sweet corn,
pea pods and finger chips). In order to manage those materials, the temperature
is managed from zero degrees to minus 25 degrees with the technology of
freezing the chamber by automatic machine.
It
is possible to store perishable vegetables and fruits such as ginger, garlic,
onions, turnips, carrots and grapes in the facility. About 600 tonnes of
Mustang and Kavre Panchkhaal potatoes are stored in the storage. Sharma
informed that 1,400 tonnes of potatoes, 115 tonnes of carrots along with
onions, bananas, grapes and fruits are also stored there.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 28 April 2023.
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