SRINAGAR: The Centre has directed Food Corporation of India to expedite shifting of FCI godowns from highly-congested Shaheed Gunj area of Srinagar to the city’s periphery, officials today said.
Jammu and Kashmir Government has decided to relocate godowns of FCI and Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Department to decongest the city.
The issue to relocate godowns from Shaheed Gunj area in Civil Lines was raised by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti with the Union Minister for Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan who met her here this afternoon.
“Mehbooba sought the Union ministry’s technical and financial assistance for relocating these godowns to the outskirts of Srinagar to decongest the core area,” a statement said.
“We have almost all our important hospitals and other critical infrastructure in the vicinity of these godowns and movement of trucks to and from there causes massive inconvenience to commuters,” she said adding the Government has decided to shift them to the city’s periphery. (AGENCIES)
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