Seventy-five collection and grading centres and twenty solar cold storage rooms across twenty mandals of Anantapur district will be established soon by the District Farmer Producer Organisation.
Joint Collector Kethan Garg inaugurated two solar cold storages in Muddulapuram on Tuesday, in the presence of District Horticulture Officer B. Raghunatha Reddy. The facilities, established by Kuderu Rythu Utpathidarula Paraspara Sahayaka Sahakara Sangham Limited and Rythu Nestham Food Producer Company, were created with subsidy from Rashtriya Kisan Vikas Yojana (RKYV) and Mission on Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) at a cost of ₹12.5 lakh each. While the FPOs pay 25% of the unit cost, the remaining 75% is given as a subsidy by MIDH and RKVY.
