The Punjab State Warehousing Corporation on Friday said that it has invited bids for selection of developer-cum-operator for the construction of foodgrain silos. The silos with proposed capacity of 3.75 lakh MT for storing foodgrains will be set up at nine locations through Private Public Partnership on design, build, finance, operate and transfer basis.
“Silos are to be constructed at Ajnala (Amritsar) with a capacity of 50,000 MT, Kartarpur (Jalandhar) with a capacity of 25,000 MT, Banga with a capacity of 50,000 MT, Ajitwal (Moga) with a capacity of 50,000 MT, Phagwara (Kapurthala) with a capacity of 25,000 MT, Balachaur (Nawanshahr) with a capacity of 25,000 MT, Rupnagar with a capacity of 50,000 MT, Dharamkot (Moga) with a capacity of 50,000 MT, and Makhu (Ferozepur) with a capacity of 50,000 MT,” said an official.