NCML opens 4,000-MT capacity cold storage unit in Guntur, AP
The Dollar Business Bureau Agri-logistics firm NCML has launched the state-of-the-art Cold Storage facility in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh on Thursday. The 4,000-MT capacity warehouse has been constructed at a cost of Rs.9.45 crore. It can hold approximately one lakh bags, weighing around 40 kg each. The facility was inaugurated by former IAS officer and MD & CEO of the company Sanjay Kaul along with the Deputy CEO Unupom Kausik and others. Sanjay Kaul said that the warehouse facility has been constructed to extend benefit to the chilli farmers of AP. This provides a platform for scientific storage practices to store their produce at the best quality standards. The facility is established in Guntur to create a healthy market environment for the chilli farmers to ...
Rail Budget 2016: Infra investment, port connectivity & logistic measures get all-round applause
Rail-map for improving port connectivity will surely result in ease of doing business and lower transaction costs for traders, says Engineering Export Promotion Council Sai Nikesh | The Dollar Business Review of freight tariff policy to increase the share of railways vis-a-vis other modes of transport, coupled with other measures such as permit multi-point loading/ unloading, is expected to bring down logistics cost to the industry Rail Budget 2016-17, released on Thursday, got an all-round applause as a passenger-centric, infrastructure-led and employment generating budget. In specific, Railway Minister’s announcements on expansion of freight basket, enhancement of port connectivity, infrastructure investments, among key others, seem to have wooed the industry. Let us see what key industry bodies and leading industry ...