Four agriculture cold storages worth $120, 000 were handed over to local authorities in Ingil district of the western Herat province, officials said on Wednesday.

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and local agriculture cooperative council provided budget for the construction of the storages.

Bashir Ahmad Bahadri, head of the provincial agriculture cooperatives council, told Pajhwok Afghan News each cold storage could house 30 tons vegetables and their construction were completed in a year. Paying little amount and after getting approval from the council members the farmers could keep their vegetables in the storages.