Nepalgunj, February 16:

Nepal Food Corporation’s zonal office in Nepalgunj has started sending food grain to its Dhangadhi office from today.

“We have dispatched about a hundred quintals of rice to corporation’s godown in Dhangadhi,” NFC’s Nepalgunj based office said. “Out of the 5,100 quintals of rice that Nepalgunj office has in stock, 100 quintals have been dispatched,” acting chief of the NFC, Bhakta Bahadur Khadka, said.

“We are expecting arrival of some 2,500 quintals of rice from Nepalgunj,” head of the NFC in Seti zone, Khadak Bahadur Chaudhary, said.