This Thursday the largest cold storage warehouse facility in the country was inaugurated in Howrah. The new cold storage has been constructed through financial assistance from the UK government, this storage has a total capacity to store 85,000 tonne of food products.The UK department for International Development (DFID) provided the fund to help the low income states, with equity partnerships for small infrastructure development. The senior representatives from DFID inaugurated the facility.
The new warehouse apart from holding huge amount of food products, will also help to grow the businessof local sellers and help deal with thefood items rotting every year.