Govt proposes dry fruit mandi for Srinagar

Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan Thursday directed Horticulture Department to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) for the establishment of Dry Fruit Mandi in Srinagar.

He asked the department to include number of dry fruitgrowers and traders across valley, total shops and their premium cost,auctioneering platform, basic amenities, transport terminal, parking yard,weigh-bridge, dimensions, accommodations, high mast lights, tollplaza-entry-type gate, role of the department and other facilities in the DPR.

   

The meeting was informed that government has identified 50kanals of land near Tatoo Ground for the establishment of the mandi.

The Divisional Commissioner asked DC Srinagar to review thestatus of land and hold separate meeting with horticulture departments for thefinalization of DPR within a fortnight. It was further informed that the valleyproduces 1.95 lakh metric tonnes of Walnut and 10,300 metric tonnes of Almondannually.

The Divisional Commissioner said that the dry fruit growersof the valley will get adequate marketing facilities, besides it will eliminatemiddleman-ship and create employment opportunities for the unemployed youth.

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