Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Bihar : Cold storage runs on gas from paddy husk

At a time when there is hue and cry over escalating prices of petroleum products, a cold storage in Bihar's Vaishali district is running on gas produced from paddy husk.
The cold storage was set up in 2001 under Primary Agricultural Society (PACS) at Laguraon Bilandpur village under Rajapkar block of Vaishali district.
It was set up under the guidance of the Bihar cooperation secretary Ravikant with the help of Central Cooperative bank.
Ravikant told PTI that all credit should be given to the chairperson of the PACS Rekha Singh for her innovative ideas to make her society self-reliant.
"We just gave her the guideline and she made the state proud by mixing the paddy husk gas with a little quantity of diesel to run the cold storage."
Other PACS should take lessons from the success story of Lagruaon Bilandpur village PACS to make the cooperative movement a success in Bihar, said Ravikant.

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