Revitalization of Rivers in India Draft Policy - Isha Guru Jaggi Vasudev

Revitalization of Rivers In India
Draft Policy Recommendation
have not been validated for Indian agro‐climatic conditions and cultivars.
The risk of weight loss and quality loss of horticulture produce stored in cold
storage units is borne by the user of the facility; therefore, enhancement of
subsidy for capital investment has not resulted into adoption of proper technical
design and use of performance‐tested components by cold storage owners.
A 2009 NHB study revealed that the majority of cold storage units set up for
storing fresh fruits & vegetables in warehousing business model have not been
designed by qualified engineers. Rather they have been constructed on the basis
of ad hoc advice of suppliers of plant & machinery under consultancy services
provided by chartered accountants who prepared bankable projects for securing
credit for the projects. There are only a few manufacturers of critical components
of cold chain infrastructure who have performance rating certificates issued by
internationally accredited labs.
No technical standards have been put in place for specialised transport system
including reefer transport system for maintaining cold chain. In 2011, UNECE (UN
Economic Commission for Europe) standards had been adopted by NHB followed
by their adoption by Horticulture Division of DAC. No test laboratory is yet
available in India for testing performance rating of specialised transport vehicles
including reefer transport vehicles and refrigerated containers.
BIS has not been able to keep pace with technical advancement in respect of
materials used for thermal insulation in cold chain infrastructure. It has also not
set up BIS standards for critical components used in cold chain infrastructure.
Bureau of Energy Efficiency too, has not put in place any test protocol for
performance rating for cold chain infrastructure from an energy efficiency point
of view. In the absence of these, it is not possible to carry out performance rating
test for cold storage units.
Engineers fresh out of college have no knowledge of critical storage conditions of
fresh horticulture produce, they find it difficult to make heat load calculation and
configure the plant & machineries in an energy‐efficient manner. Operators of
cold chain infrastructure too are not equipped with knowledge of special nature of
fresh horticulture produce in terms of their sensitivity to storage conditions and
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