SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Horticulture Department has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with airline carrier Go-Airlines for transportation of perishable horticulture and agricultural produce to various destinations across the country.
The MoU was signed in presence of Principal Secretary Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Horticulture departments, Navin Kumar Choudhary at Civil Secretariat here on May 31, 2021, an official spokesman said.
Jammu and Kashmir Horticulture Department, signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with airline carrier Go-Airlines for transportation of perishable horticulture & agricultural produce to various destinations across the country. pic.twitter.com/n5MtYDvhqc
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Choudhary said that this significant step will empower the fruit growers and address the transportation hiccups for the horticulture produce especially the highly perishable items like Cherry, Plum, Apricots etc.
The government, he said, is considering providing some sort of financial support to fruit growers who will utilise this facility for transportation of horticulture and agricultural yield to outside J&K as well as the facility of refrigerated vans for which the decision could be taken by the government in a couple of days.
Under this MoU, the airline will charge Rs 24, Rs 34, Rs 47, Rs 48 and Rs 50 for transportation of perishable fruit produce from Jammu and Srinagar to Delhi, Mumbai/Pune, Chennai, Kolkata and Bengaluru respectively. (Seemingly, the freight mentioned is for a kilogram but the spokesman has not mentioned it.)
The growers can directly approach the airline and transport their produce at the said rates.
Pertinently, the government had invited bids from airlines regarding this and the Go-Airlines was selected as it offered the lowest rates per Kg for transportation of perishable fruit produce.
