Farmers Movement Archive

Delhi: Borders shut, mandis see shortage in green supply

NEW DELHI: With Delhi’s borders choked by traffic jams due to the ongoing farmers’ protest, the supply of fruits and vegetables to the city has been affected. There is no shortage of fruits and vegetables yet, but prices are likely to increase if the situation does not change. Azadpur Mandi, Delhi’s largest wholesale fruit and vegetable market, where goods reach every day not only from the states but also abroad, has seen a dip in arrivals since Friday. The volume of daily arrivals is now just around 2,800 tonnes of the normal 5,500 tonnes of fruits and 5,600 tonnes of the regular supply of 6,500 tonnes of vegetables. Adil Ahmad Khan, chairman, Azadpur Agricultural Produce Market Committee, said the sealing of the borders had affected the supply of fruits and vegetables. “Azapur Mandi is the biggest in north India and it feeds not only Delhi-NCR, but also other parts of the country,” Khan said, adding that while trucks arrivals have dipped, trucks from the mandi are unable to leave the city either. Khan said, “Though there hasn’t been much problem on the Delhi-UP border till now and truck movement has been smooth, hurdles are starting to arise.” He said that the city wouldn’t face a shortage for at least two days even though arrivals had dipped by 50%, but a shortage would result if the protest continued. “The demands of the farmers are valid and the central government should talk to them and find a solution,” he said. Trucks bringing fruits and vegetables from Himachal, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir are stuck on NH-1 near Singhu border. Watch Delhi: Farmers' protest hampers green supply in mandis

The Times of India

2020-11-29

Delhi