Transportation of PDS Foodgrains Through Sea Route to Ensure Timely Availability

Government has decided to transport foodgrains through sea route within the country. The decision to transport foodgrains through sea / riverine route has been taken to explore an alternate mode of transportation other than rail and road to North East and Kerala. This information was given by the Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Raosaheb Patil Danve.

The Minister said that starting from 15 January 2014, Food Corporation of India (FCI) has started transportation of food grains from Andhra Pradesh to Kerala through sea route and 33,593 MT of foodgrains has been dispatched for various depots of Kerala till date.

He said that FCI has also taken steps for movement of 10,000 MT of foodgrains from Andhra Pradesh to Tripura via Ashuganj port of Bangladesh through Indo-Bangla protocol route. Movement of foodgrains on this route has commenced and first ship has sailed from Andhra Pradesh.

Shri Raosaheb Patil Danve said that movement of foodgrains through sea and riverine route is helping FCI in augmenting supply of foodgrains to different remote- located parts of the country.

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