Srinagar, Oct. 21 -- The Jammu and Kashmir Horticultural Produce Marketing and Processing Corporation (JKHPMC) has issued a clarification following media reports about the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority's (APEDA) demand for a refund of funds released for the stalled Integrated Pack House and Cold Chamber Storage Project at Chowdrigund in Shopian, saying a revival plan has already been prepared to complete the facility.

In its clarification, JKHPMC said the refund issue needed to be considered in the context of the proposed revival of the project, which was conceived in 2005 with APEDA assistance but remained incomplete despite repeated extensions.

The corporation attributed the delay to frequent chan...