INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Seven bread-making machines have been installed at Afghanistan&s state-owned bread factory, Silo-e-Markazi, or central silo, in Kabul, at a
cost of 40 million afghanis, officials confirmed Monday.With these new machines in place, the silo is now able to supply the Interior
Ministry, Kabul University and Kabul Polytechnic University with bread
Contracts valued at 450 million afghanis are also in place with these institutions, officials said.We will have collected 200 million
afghanis by the end of the year,& said Nasratullah Mansoor, head of Kabul Central Silo.In addition to revenue being generated, about 400
jobs have also been created at the silo.According to finance ministry officials, they are hoping to restart all the old silos in the
country.This enterprise has been serving people
Our duty is to get all enterprises to do their part,& said Abdul Hameed Akhundzada, general director of state enterprises of the finance
ministry.Kabul Central Silo resumed production in February this year after having stood idle for almost 40 years.Silo officials said that
more bread will be produced if other dormant sections of the factory are reactivated.The post Seven new bread-making machines installed at
Kabul Central Silo first appeared on Ariana News.
