Bengaluru: Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has embarked on setting up cold storage facilities across international airports in the country. While it has already completed the establishment of such cold storages in Mumbai, Hyderabad and Lucknow, and Kochi, it now plans to set up a cold storage at Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru.
As per this plan, perishable products will get a cold storage facility at the Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, according to Union minister of commerce Anand Sharma.
The minister disclosed this while he was in Bengaluru recently to review infrastructure projects. While the old HAL Airport in the city had a cold storage with utilisation level pegged at 3.1 per cent and a capacity of 16,000 metric tonne, no details were made available of the new refrigerated unit at Kempegowda International Airport.
However, food consultant Chetan L Hanchate, expert committee member, agro-food processing, BCIC; consultant - food processing; and CEO, Centre for Processed Foods (CPF); pointed out that at the new Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, the capacity could be triple.
In Lucknow, the cold storage facility is at the Amausi airport. A tripartite agreement between APEDA, Airports Authority of India (AAI) and the local Mandi Parishad was signed for the same.
For Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Hyderabad, 7,500 sq m area of space has been identified for construction of an integrated air cargo complex.
08/01/14 Nandita Vijay/FnBnews.com
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As per this plan, perishable products will get a cold storage facility at the Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, according to Union minister of commerce Anand Sharma.
The minister disclosed this while he was in Bengaluru recently to review infrastructure projects. While the old HAL Airport in the city had a cold storage with utilisation level pegged at 3.1 per cent and a capacity of 16,000 metric tonne, no details were made available of the new refrigerated unit at Kempegowda International Airport.
However, food consultant Chetan L Hanchate, expert committee member, agro-food processing, BCIC; consultant - food processing; and CEO, Centre for Processed Foods (CPF); pointed out that at the new Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, the capacity could be triple.
In Lucknow, the cold storage facility is at the Amausi airport. A tripartite agreement between APEDA, Airports Authority of India (AAI) and the local Mandi Parishad was signed for the same.
For Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Hyderabad, 7,500 sq m area of space has been identified for construction of an integrated air cargo complex.
08/01/14 Nandita Vijay/FnBnews.com
