Warehousing & Storage

Multi-Commodity Controlled Atmosphere Warehouse In Leh

The promoter owns huge tracks of personal (ancestral) land, on the periphery of Village Stok which is accessible from Leh and other nearby areas. The facility is close to Manali highway and Srinagar Highway. The Rinpoche Kushak Bakula airport is connected to the warehouse via metaled roads and easy access.
YKA has built a multi-commodity 5500 MT warehouse facility which has approx. 4110 MT of controlled atmosphere storage space and approx 1400 MT of -20 deg. till 4 deg, equipped with World class machinery like Emerson condensers with Low ambient kit.

Evaporators of LUVE are installed with post-heating capability and defrost arrangement. Controlled Atmosphere(CA) equipment and hydroponic apparatus supplied by indigenous manufacturer M/S Chemtron science laboratories PVT. ltd. Mumbai. The facility is made of high-grade puff panels. CA subzero temperature chambers Installed with high-grade, advanced model special doors from HiCon Pty Ltd. 16 kanal has been earmarked for this 5,500 MT controlled atmosphere, multi-commodity warehouse facility built over six floors of Pre Engineered Building [PEB] at a height of 11,000 ft above sea level.

Chamber capacity is of 3 different sizes which are, 167 MT, 228 MT, and 300 MT. Vegetables, fruits, dairy, confectionery, ice creams, medicines, and frozen products can be stored in quantities and over longer shelf life as per requirement and need. The promoter’s ancestral land around the cold store facility has been earmarked for a mini Food Park which will consist of various food processing units, such as; Grading, Sorting, Washing, Post Harvest Packaging(PHP), Pulping & Hydroponic vegetable and fodder units.

cold storage in ladakh

Since Ladakh remains cut off for half a year and there is no facility to grow vegetables and fodder during those winter harsh months, food shortages are common. YKA is setting up 5000 plants daily hydroponic set up at the site to overcome the problem of growing vegetables and fodder in sub-zero months, which would eventually be propagated throughout Ladakh. Including harsh terrains like Changthang.YKA is also setting up fruit ripening chambers in phase 2 to provide/supply locally ripened fruits.

YKA has tied up with the Indian Armed Forces located in the Ladakh region, for storage, and supply of food, vegetables, frozen items, and other perishables during both road close & road open periods using the storage facility used by YKA. Last year Army used this facility to stock its food items for the first time in the history of India during the Road close period winter months.
The success of food/resource availability during road closure periods will be resolved. Thereby encouraging the local Hotel and tourism history, to host tourists during the road closures and winter months. This storage facility has been part funded by PNB.