The Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation has got better facilities for storing rice and paddy in the district following the construction of godowns utilising the funds sanctioned by the National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD).
A vacant site belonging to Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation has facilitated construction of three godowns with a capacity of 9,500 tonnes. The godowns in all have seven units with a handling capacity of 1,500 or 1,000 tonnes for smooth handling of rice or paddy.
“The infrastructure provided under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund of the NABARD has made us to shift a couple of godowns housed in rented private buildings,” says G. Chitrarasu, Senior Regional Manager, Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation.
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This apart, another godown with a capacity of 1,500 tonnes, had been built at Manapparai at an estimated cost of Rs. 65 lakh.
Huge facility
S.B.R. Kannan, Executive Engineer of the Corporation, said that major works were being executed in Thanajvur district where one lakh tonnes would be stored through six godowns at an estimate of Rs. 114 crore.
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Work on the construction of storage godowns was on in Punalkulam (with a capacity of 38,000 tonnes), Chennampatti (39,000 tonnes), Pillaiyarpatti (10,000 tonnes), Irumbuthalai (5,000 tonnes), and R. Suththipatti and Kavalipatti (4,000 tonnes each).
A team of NABARD officials, S. Kannan, S. Suresh, and K. Arthanareeswaran visited the godown at Adhavathur recently and ascertained the benefits recently.
A facility to store one lakh tonnes of grains being created in Thanjavur district
One more godown with a capacity of 1,500 tonnes coming up in Manapparai