Sea Routes to be used for Transporting Food Grains to Kerala

17 January 2014
New Delhi

Due to shortage of railway racks state run Food Corporation of India have allowed the transport through sa routes. FCI moves foodgrains for public distribution system (PDS) from producing states to consuming states largely through road and rail routes. In hilly areas, foodgrains are transported using helicopters.

“A beginning in this regard has been made with Food Minister K V Thomas approving the container movement of 20,000 tonnes of rice per month from Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh to Kochi in Kerala through ship,” an official statement said today.

The decision to take the sea route has been taken to reduce the bottlenecks and stress experienced in the inland transportation of food grains and also it would be cheaper and easier in the long run.

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