Cold storage capacity installed in Assam

Assam got a 5,000-tonne capacity cold storage unit. On Tuesday, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurated the project.

The area is situated in Chaygaon area along with a fruit-processing centre at the food-processing park at Satabari under Kamrup district.

Both the projects were inaugurated by the Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

According to sources, the 5,000-metric-tonne cold-storage facility has been constructed by the Assam State Agricultural Marketing Board at a cost of Rs 24.75 crore. Also, the fruit-processing unit has been built at a cost of Rs 2.89 crore.