As Kalimati
Fruits and Vegetables Market is balmed for fuelling price hike due to cartel,
the Kalimati Fruits and Vegetables Market Development Board is preparing to
allow only wholesale transactions.
The officials of the board today at a programme announced that the move will help systematise fruits and vegetables business and help check price volatility.
The officials of the board today at a programme announced that the move will help systematise fruits and vegetables business and help check price volatility.
Likewise, the
board is also planning to install a digital price display board in the market
that will display information – like prices and place of production –about at
least 15 vegetables.
The Kalimati
market – that supplies an average of 700 tons of vegetable to the valley every
day – as a major vegetable supplier in the valley needs to be restructured, said chairperson of the board Mohan
Bahadur Chapagain. "Restructuring the Kalimati market as the 'wholesale
only' market will help us maintain price too," he said, adding that the
government will resettle the retailers to some other places.
The market
has a total of 451 stalls including 70 retailers at present.
Director at the board Arjun Parsad Aryal, on the occasion, said that they would soon make it mandatory for traders to use electric weighing machines as the customers have been complaining of cheating by using faulty weighing machines. "The use of electric weighing machine will help solve problem."
Director at the board Arjun Parsad Aryal, on the occasion, said that they would soon make it mandatory for traders to use electric weighing machines as the customers have been complaining of cheating by using faulty weighing machines. "The use of electric weighing machine will help solve problem."
The board is
also planning to launch a campaign to raise awareness on waste management,
apart from vegetable fairs.
Likewise, programme
director at Plant Protection Directorate Dilli Ram Sharma, on the
occasion, informed that the market will soon adopt a technology that screens
pesticides residue in fruits and vegetables. "The market is going to
establish a laboratory on the market premises, which will measure the pesticide
residue level in the produce and verify its acceptance level for consumption,"
he said, adding that the market will be using the Rapid Bioassay for Pesticide
Residue analysis technique that will identify the pesticide residue
level in vegetables and fruits and provide information on whether they are fit
for human consumption". If products with high levels of pesticide residue
are consumed regularly, it severely harms human health and the environment."
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