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Central Government/Public Sector | Bihar - India | PID: 194630
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The Central government has begun a pilot project to set up steel silos (storages) for rice as part of its efforts to prevent wastage during storage
Though the country has such silos for wheat, it is for the first time that a project for rice silo has been commissioned. If the pilot project turns successful, then the Centre will set up silos to totally store 15.10 lakh tonne
The traditional storage in jute gunny bags in godowns is resulting in wastage of 10-20 percent due to weather-related problems, rodents, pests, insects and spillage during transportation. Storing in silos eliminates the need for such storage and thus avoids huge wastage
The National Collateral Management Services (NCML) has begun the pilot project for construction of rice silos at Kaimur and Buxar in Bihar
The Food Corporation of India (FCI) will set up joint silos of wheat and rice with a total capacity of 50,000 tonne each at these places
One of the features of the silos complex coming up in Kaimur and Buxar is that of the 50,000 tonne, wheat silos will make up 37,500 tonne -- three steel tower silos with a capacity of 12,500 tonne each and rice silos the rest 12,500 tonne
While three big silos will be put up for wheat, for rice the silos will be of a smaller 3,125 tonne capacity. Four such silos will come along with the big ones for wheat
NCML plans to store rice at a temperature ranging between 16 and 18 degrees Celsius
| Updated on: 25 - Feb - 2021
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