Pinarayi to inaugurate CWC warehouse
The Hindu
Facility has a floor space of 57,100 sq.ft.
The Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) will open its 12th warehouse in Kerala at Kinfra Small Industrial Park in Thalassery on Friday.
Speaking to the media, Central Warehousing Corporation director K.V. Pradeep Kumar said that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan would inaugurate the warehouse, which has a floor space of 57,100 sqft with a storage capacity of 12,520 tonne.
He said that the warehouse in Thalassery was built on 3.71 acres leased on a long-term basis from the Kinfra Park. The construction was done at a cost of ₹12.50 crore. The warehouse has the infrastructure required for modern warehousing systems such as high quality roads, modern fire extinguishing equipment, lorry weighbridge, canopy roofing that facilitates loading and unloading operations during the rainy season, and 24-hour CCTV systems for the security of the complex.
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