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storage

how graIN movemeNt

IN Bulk coNtaINer

wIll helP INdIa?

- PK Bhardwaj

FCI Plans that grains could be moved in such narrow strips, and
FCI currently has more in bulk by rail. However, concessionaires eventually
than 750 lakh tonnes of owning to various reasons the end up buying 3-4 times the
bagged storage and out of work is going little slow. The plot of land that is required
which approximately 175 lakh biggest hurdle is buying and which delays the project a
tonnes is CAP (Cover and acquisition of land to build lot and makes the complete
Plinth) storage. Since CAP Grain Silo Terminals. project unviable sometimes.
storages are open storages FCI in all their tenders has Due to this constraint
hence most of the losses occur asked for Railway Siding, as Grain Terminals of FCI are
only in CAP storages. FCI the idea is to carry food grain moving very slow and if it
has now decided to convert in Food Grain Wagons of 62 continues then probably FCI
about 100 lakh tonnes of this tonnes each. Construction won’t be able to complete
CAP storage into modern and of Railway Siding requires its target of building a Silo
scientific Grain Silo Storage a long 1.5 km x 15 m strip of Storage capacity of 100 lakh
under PPP Mode in VGF and land. Buying of land and its tonnes by 2020.
Non-VGF formats. acquisition is in the scope If the railway siding
of Concessionaires as per provision is removed from the
Slow Moving Plan Concessionaire agreement and specifications of upcoming
agged Storage of FCI has plans to build this is the main reason that FCI Silo Storage terminals, all
Food grain is the most this 100 lakh tonnes of Grain there is delay in construction the projects will move very
Bexpansive method to Silo Storage by 2020. Most of Grain Terminal. fast and also there would be a
store Food grain owing to its of the Grain Silo Terminals Finding such a long lot of capital saving.
high cost of operation and are proposed to be of 50000 land strip close to railway And, this is only possible
spoilage of food grain, which MT Capacity and all would station is a difficult process as if FCI specifications accept
is a big loss to the nation. be having Rail Siding so nobody wants to sell his land the movement of food grains
Food Corporation of India in Bulk via Food Grain ISO
(FCI) has recognized this Containers.
and since 2006 taking steps
to convert bagged storage to How Food Grain Containers
bulk storage. World over the Can Help?
grain storage happens in bulk Once the containers are
in grain storage silos as it is introduced in FCI Silo Storage
the most scientific and cost Terminal Specifications,
effective methodology. things will become much
Grain storage in silos easier and economical.
ensures long term & high ISO Containers are
speed storage and handling of universally accepted mode of
grains with least losses. transport due to its standard

18 March 2019 AgriBusiness & Food i ndustr y