Lok Sabha Question No. 684 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-02
Subject: Cold Storage for Fruits
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: BHAGWANTH KHUBA

- Yes, Madam.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 684 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2015

## COLD STORAGE FOR FRUITS

## 684. SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Railways proposes to set up cold storages for fruits in the country including Delhi;
- (b)
- (c)
- (a)
- (b) &  (c)    Under  a  pilot  project  called  'Kisan  Vision  Project',  Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR), Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC)  and  Central  Railside  Warehouse  Company  Limited  (CRWC)  were asked to provide infrastructure to encourage development of facilities for setting  up  cold  storages  and  temperature-controlled  perishable  cargo centers  as  well  as  developing  agri-retail  outlets  through  public  private partnership  (PPP)  mode  at  six  locations  on  Indian  Railways.    Details  of these projects are as under:-
- (i) Nasik (Maharashtra): The centre located in Nasik District Maharashtra is functional since 23.02.2013.
- of
- (ii) New  Azadpur  (Delhi):  Perishable  Cargo  Centre  at  New  Azadpur, Adarsh Nagar, New Delhi has been functional since 24.03.2015
- (iii)
- New Jalpaiguri (West Bengal): The Perishable Cargo Centre at
- if so, the details thereof; and
- the time by which these are likely to be set up?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

Bagdogra  airport  was  taken  over  by  CONCOR  on  22.02.2011  from Siliguri Jalpaiguri Development Authority (SJDA). Under the provisions of Agreement executed between SJDA & CONCOR, SJDA was  required  to  obtain  requisite  license  from  State  Government authorities.  Since  SJDA  has  not  been  able  to  obtain  the  same, CONCOR intends returning the facility to SJDA.

- (iv) Singur  (West  Bengal):    The  Perishable  Cargo  Centre  was  made functional  on  18/12/2011.  However,  due  to  very  low  utilization,  the service provider has abandoned the contract.
- (v) Dankuni (West Bengal): Central Railside Warehouse Company Ltd.(CRWC) has been entrusted with the responsibility of developing Perishable  Cargo  Centre  at  Dankuni.  However,  release  of  requisite land at the proposed site has been impracticable due to presence of coal blocks, commercial plots, high tension wire and infringing road movement.
- (vi) Perishable  Cargo  Centre  at  Ghazipur  Ghat  (Uttar  Pradesh):  The facility is expected to be functional by December 2016, with a builtup area of 1350 sq.m in   Phase-I.

CONCOR's fully owned subsidiary, i.e. Fresh and Healthy Enterprises Limited (FHEL)  is  operating  a  controlled-atmosphere  store  at  Rai  (Sonepat)  in

Haryana having the capacity of 11700 metric tonnes.

CRWC has carried out preliminary surveys for construction of temperaturecontrolled  storages  at  10  other  locations,  viz.  Vatva,  Vishakhapatnam, Badagara, Udhna, Cheriyanad, Bhivandi Road, Azara, Navlur, Kalamboli and Yashwantpura. These surveys do not indicate feasibility, due to inadequate availability of land/traffic, at any of these locations except at Bhiwandi Road. CRWC has been allowed a timeframe of two years from receipt of requisite approvals for construction and operationalization of the warehouse complex.

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