Perishable Cargo Centre to be set up at CIAL for Rs 24.73 cr.

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 12 (UNI) A state-of-the-art perishable Cargo Centre, designed to handle vegetables and similar products, will be set up at the Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) at a cost of Rs 24.73 crore.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in this regard was inked here today between CIAL and Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), in the presence of Industries Minister Elamarem Kareem.

The Centre, which would have a space of 25,000 sq ft was expected to be completed within a year. CIAL would be putting in Rs 11.53 crore and APEDA Rs.13.20 crore, a release said here.

It would be a Hi-tech Centre with centralised control system connected to the Internet, where by exporters and end-users could track the movement of their supplies sitting at their offices, the release added.

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