Cooperation Minister Dr Damodar Rout on Wednesday informed the State Assembly that a total of 3, 442 new godowns would be set up to store paddy, fertilisers and pulses seed across the State in three years’ time.
Replying to a question of BJD MlA Prabhat Ranjan Biswal and additional questions of a host of other members, the Minister said the proposed godowns would be constructed at the Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) and Regulated Market Committees (RMC) under different schemes.
He said out of 544 godowns to be set up at the PACS under the RIDF Yojan, 88 would be completed by end of this fiscal and the rest would be completed in coming two years. Similarly, out of 298 godowns proposed under RKVP, 255 have been completed and 37 would be completed by end of this year. The rest six would be constructed after required land is available.
The Markfed has been entrusted construction of 69 godowns under the RKVY, and of these 18 have been targeted to be constructed this year. The rest would be completed by 2017.
The Odisha State Warehousing Corporation would construct five godown on its own fund. While one godown has been completed, the rest would be constructed by September 2016.
The RMCS would construct 180 godowns on their own funds. Of these, 40 godowns have been completed.
A total of 2,601 godowns would be constructed under the Nabard’s Warehousing Infrastructure Fund scheme for storing paddy seed, other crop storages and fertilisers. Besides, the Panchayati Raj Department would construc 1,420 godowns at PACS.
He said the existing godowns have total storage capacity of 18 lakh metric tonnes and the proposed have storage capacity of 11 lakh metric tonnes.