UN World Food Program delegation visits India's wheat storage facility for Afghanistan

Record ID: 1671550

  • Title: UN World Food Program delegation visits India's wheat storage facility for Afghanistan
  • Date: 5th May 2022
  • Summary: AMRITSAR, PUNJAB, INDIA (MAY 04, 2022) (ANI - No use India) GRAIN BINS JUTE BAGS STACKED NEAR GRAIN BINS OFFICIALS WALKING WHEAT BAGS STACKED IN GODOWN OFFICIALS, INCLUDING DELEGATION FROM UN WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME, INSPECTING WHEAT PACKING VARIOUS OF UN OFFICIALS OBSERVING THE FACILITY MAN TAKING OUT WHEAT FROM JUTE BAG OFFICIAL RECORDING VIDEO OF FACILITY WORKING MAN TAKING OUT WHEAT FROM JUTE BAG (SOUNDBITE) (English) GOVERNMENT AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS OFFICER AT UNITED NATIONS, WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME, SHRUTI S., SAYING: "There has been a partnership between WFP (World Food Programme) and government of India. The government of India is sending wheat from the people of India to the people of Afghanistan. The first tranche is over and now we are sending the second tranche of 10,000 MT." VARIOUS OF WHEAT BAGS STACKED ONE ABOVE OTHER (SOUNDBITE) (English) LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER, WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME, DR. STEPHANIE HEARD, SAYING: "We are here to look at the operations and look at how the wheat's getting cleaned, how its procured, cleaned and then how it's being shipped out and it's a real pleasure to be here. We are extremely impressed with the operation and all the hard work that's gone into getting this wheat out to the people of Afghanistan as a gift from people of India." VARIOUS OF UN OFFICIALS WALKING
  • Embargoed: 19th May 2022 09:05
  • Keywords: Afghanistan Amritsar India Punjab Taliban United Nations World Food Programme conflict war wheat
  • Location: AMRITSAR, PUNJAB, INDIA
  • City: AMRITSAR, PUNJAB, INDIA
  • Country: India
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Government/Politics,United Nations
  • Reuters ID: LVA001GAPSDHR
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Officials from UN World Food Programme visited a facility that procures, cleans and packages wheat from India to Afghanistan on Wednesday (May 04).
    The delegation from World Food Programme visited the facility in northern Amritsar city and praised the work being performed at the facility,
    "We are extremely impressed with the operation and all the hard work that's gone into getting this wheat out to the people of Afghanistan as a gift from the people of India," said Dr Stephanie Heard, Loss Prevention Officer, World Food Programme,
    In total, India plans to send 50,000 tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan on an infrequently used land route through Pakistan, in a bid to help the country facing poverty and hunger since the takeover by the Taliban last year.
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