Hetauda, Sept. 28 -- The Provincial Ministry of Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives has committed Rs450 million to build 11 cold storages to stock fruit and vegetables.

Some of the facilities are under construction while some are in the pipeline with the ministry aiming to operate all 11 facilities within the current fiscal year.

For storing purposes, the ministry has funded the construction of the largest cold storage of Province 3 in Thaha Municipality, Makwanpur. The facility, with the capacity to hold 1700 metric tonnes of fruit and vegetables, has reported physical progress of around 25 percent, as of date.

According to Nirmal Poudel, an officer at the ministry, construction work of the cold warehouse with the lowest sto...