Kathmandu, April 19
Owing to problems in the supply of vegetables and the fear of coronavirus infection in the ongoing lockdown, three temporary vegetable markets have come into operation in the capital from Sunday.
Authorities closed the vegetable markets in Kalimati and Balkhu for the retailers to avoid any fear of infection, informs Tejendra Paudel, Kalimati Fruit and Vegetable Development Board’s Executive Director.
Because the vegetable markets in Kalimati and Balkhu have become inaccessible to the retailers, the markets have begun in Kalanki, Baphal, and Swayambhu also.
Earlier, the Kathmandu Metropolitan City had decided to open such markets in 11 places. However, the traders did not implement the decision citing various managerial problems.
In the newly established markets, not the traders, but the farmers in and around Kathmandu are selling the vegetables.
