NAWALPARASI, Feb 18: Farmers in West Nawalparasi have been elated with the construction of a cold storage facility in their area for the first time.
The facility with a capacity of 3,000 metric tonnes has been built at Sunawal at an investment of Rs 210 million. It was built under the leadership of the District Cooperatives Association and with financial contributions from the federal government, local government and various cooperatives based in the district.
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The three-story facility with separate chambers has been built and is in the final stages of operation after preparing the operations guidelines, it is stated. Local farmers are attracted toward the facility and are also motivated to take to commercial farming now, said Loknath Bhadari of Sunawal-2.
"Now we have a cold storage facility in our locality to store surplus agricultural produce. I am happy," he added. Like Bhandari, many farmers are excited with the operation of the cold storage from this year.
Even the agriculture cooperatives have started growing crops, fruits and vegetables in large areas of land.
"It is not possible to build such a facility in every market. Therefore, this cold storage facility at Sunawal should be developed into a common storage center of all farmers," said Bishnu Poudel, the president of the District Cooperatives Association.
According to him, the Association has a plan to implement a program for increasing the area under cultivation and agricultural production in the district.
