Wednesday, June 22, 2011

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Mangalorean.Com- Serving Mangaloreans Around The World!: "(IANS) In a bid to win the hearts of the Myanmarese,

India Tuesday dedicated 10 disaster-proof rice silos with a 5,000-tonne storage capacity to ensure people don't go hungry during cyclones and floods.

External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, on the penultimate day of a three-day visit, inaugurated here the silos India funded with a $2-million grant in the presence of Myanmarese Commerce Minister Win Myint.

The silos are capable of withstanding wind speeds of 150 km per hour and are earthquake resistant up to eight on the Richter scale. For flood prevention, the silos are built on plinths two metres from the ground."

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