Needed: Road to proper food storage!

statesman news serviceKOLKATA,22 SEPT: Even as 23-crore Indians go hungry everyday, 40 per cent of the foodgrain and vegetables grown in the country rot annually in the absence of a proper road-infrastructure, the Union minister for road transport and highways Mr KamalNathsaid today. India is a country where growth has overtaken infrastructure and thus, we are faced with an acute infrastructure deficit. The situation is such that 40 per cent of the foodgrain and vegetables grown in the country rot every year for want of proper road-infrastructure and connectivity. We must bridge this deficit at the earliest, Mr Nathsaid while addressing the 156thannual general meeting of the Bengal …