Flour mill sets up wheat silo complex in Tamil Nadu.

Naga Ltd., the Dindigul-based firm that has four wheat flour mills in Tamil Nadu, has set up a silos complex to store 64,000 tonnes of wheat, the first such initiative by a private company.

'Our complex has eight silos that can store 8,000 tonnes of wheat each. Without taking the cost of land, it cost us Rs. 25 crore,' said KSK Kannan, Chairman of Naga Ltd, told Business Line.

The silos go a long way to help the private miller, who require 800 tonnes of wheat every day for milling. 'It means we would need one rake of wheat every three days. Getting this done will be a big task as a lot of loading and unloading has to be done,' he said.

In turn, it saves costs incurred on labour and handling besides saving wastage.

The storage bin, set up a few months ago by Turkey’s Mysilo, is a necessity, said Kannan.

Setting up storage bins, however, involves fumigating the stored grains and maintaining the moisture level.


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