PM inaugurates countrys first solar food silo in Bogra
BSS
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday inaugurated a state of the art multistoried food warehouse, having capacity of storing 25,000 tonnes of food grains at Santahar in Santahar, Bogra, reports BSS.
Department of Food has constructed the air-conditioned warehouse at a cost of around Tk 232.71 crore with the financial and technical support from Japan. It will preserve food grain through using solar power round the year.
Officials familiar with the construction of the solar-run silo said the warehouse would keep food grains in controlled temperature and moisture for long with intact quality.
They said the related structures like railway track and internal roads were built and necessary power systems were also installed as per need to make the plant operational.
The Prime Minister said the present government kept on its efforts for enhanced food stocks.
It is expected that the country would be able to build up 100 per cent food storage capacity by 2021, she said and expressed her hope that the newly built Santahar warehouse would help enormously in storing government food in Rajshahi region.
Food Minister Advocate Qamrul Islam, Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sharif, and political leaders were present at the inaugural ceremony when the premier visited different sections of the warehouse and planted a mango sapling at the silo premises.
he Prime Minister arrived in Bogra yesterday morning to inaugurate various development projects and lay foundation of several others.
