Mini cold storage opened in Chouddagram

A hybrid solar-operated mini cold storage has been inaugurated in Chouddagram upazila of Cumilla under the government incentive programme for the 2025-26 financial year, aiming to help farmers preserve their produce and obtain better prices.

The facility, named the “Farmers’ Mini Cold Storage”, was inaugurated at Hilalnagar in Kashinagar Union on Thursday morning by Chouddagram Upazila Executive Officer Shahadat Hossain.

The initiative was launched under the slogan, “Maintain the right temperature and humidity, stay healthy, make more profit.”

The programme was chaired by Upazila Agriculture Officer Jobayer Ahmed. Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s Chouddagram Upazila Amir Md Mahfuzur Rahman, Chouddagram Upazila BNP General Secretary Md Shahalam Raju, Upazila Agricultural Extension Officer Hamidur Rasul Nayan, Deputy Assistant Agricultural Extension Officer.

Pradeep Kumar, Kashinagar Union Parishad Panel Chairman Md Alamgir Hossain, Upazila Krishak Dal President Md Shah Alam, Kashinagar Bazar Management Committee Secretary Md Mizanur Rahman, Kashinagar Union Jamaat leader Yakub Ali, Union BNP General Secretary Solaiman Kabir, Chouddagram Press Club Vice-President Md Zahirul Hasan, journalist Md Akteruzzaman Majumder, Hilalnagar Krishak Group President Kamal Hossain and others attended the event.