Although the government introduced the concept of cold storage to reduce the storage of agricultural produce and post-production damage, the cold storage created has not been consumed. The cold storages, which cost millions to build new ones, are also in abeyance. Such cold storage in accessible areas is not accessible to real farmers. Small farmers cannot 'hold' their produce and store it in cold storage. This is expensive for them as it costs money from shipping to cold storage.

Some cold storage facilities are operating at only half percent of their capacity due to lack of agricultural produce. Some are partially constructed and are stuck. Even though cold storage has been built with subsidies from various agencies, there is no integrated record,'' the 62nd annual report of the Auditor General says, 'The farmers did not get a return because the subsidy was given to a private organization established with the purpose of making profit.'  According to the

report, according to the information published by the Department of Agriculture on June 31, 2079, 32 cold storage facilities were built in 18 districts by the private and cooperative sector and 97 thousand 700 tons could be stored. But only two cold storages in Bara and Ghorahi with a capacity of 4,500 tons are operating at full capacity. It is mentioned in the report that cold storage in urban areas is operating at 50 percent capacity.  According to the

report, the government had allocated a budget with a plan to build on a provincial level as well. According to the Ministry of Industry, Agriculture and Cooperatives of Koshi Province, only 6 of the 12 cold storages are operational. Out of them, 6 are privately owned, 3 are owned by market committees and 3 are owned by cooperatives. "Training with technical information for cold room operation and electricity tariff discount has not been arranged. In the agricultural market, Birtamod Jhapa, in 2078/79, a subsidy of 16361,000 has been provided by the provincial government for the cold storage built at 21.8 million 15,000 rupees. The report says, "There is no construction of structures including fencing for the project site, which is only partially operational." No. 

Bagmati has spent 766.66 million for the construction of cold storage houses till 2080/81. 10 under construction and 1 cold storage in eight districts have been stopped with 86 percent construction completed. The situation with Gandaki is the same. Out of 43 cold storages built in the province, 16 are not operational. Lumbini Province has set a target of constructing 19 cold storages by 2079/80, but 17 constructions have been completed. The provincial government has given a subsidy of 14.8 million 25 thousand to two cold storage facilities of 85 ton and 145 ton capacity which have been completed in Surkhet. It is mentioned in the report that operations are difficult due to lack of skilled manpower.