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Instruction for destroying rotten rice grains at NFC depot

KHOTANG, May 23: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Khotang has issued an instruction to destroy the rotten rice grains at the Nepal Food Corporation depot at Baakshila of Kopilasagadhi Rural Municipality.
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KHOTANG, May 23: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Khotang has issued an instruction to destroy the rotten rice grains at the Nepal Food Corporation depot at Baakshila of Kopilasagadhi Rural Municipality. 



The Commission instructed the corporation and the local administration to dispose of the decaying food grains. 



More than 46 quintals of rice grains have rotten at the food corporation's depot, Commission's Sub Regional Office, Diktel stated. 



The Commission has drawn the attention of the Nepal Food Corporation's central office at Bhadrakaali, Nepal Food Corporation's Zonal Office in Lahan and the District Administration Office (DAO) over the decaying rice grains with an unbearable stench stating that it posed high risks of affecting human health conditions. RSS 


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