Alwar : Alwar Agricultural Produce Market Committee has opened a shelter room in the Agricultural Produce Market from Friday for the convenience of the farmers who bring onions to the market. Free arrangements have been made for their stay in this. Not only this, under the government’s Akshay Kaleva scheme, food is also being given to farmers and palladars for Rs 5. Four tanks have been kept in the onion market for the farmers to drink water. Separate mattresses, pillows and blankets have been arranged for each farmer in the shelter room. Sunil, the token cutting employee of Akshay Kaleva Room, said that there is a provision for farmers and palledars to eat food from 9 am to 3 pm. For this, it is necessary for the farmer to have a gate pass and the puller to have a card. The food rate is Rs 5 per plate. Two vegetables and 6 rotis are given in a plate. When the palledar and farmer pay Rs 5, they are given a token. For this, it is necessary for the farmer and the palledar to have a mobile. Because OTP comes on mobile.
Gurudayal, resident of Sahadoli, a farmer who came to eat food at Akshay Kaleva Room, said that the quality of food available here is good. Naresh Yadav, deputy director of the committee, said that for the convenience of the farmers during the winter season, the Agricultural Produce Market Shelter Room has been started from Friday. Farmers can take advantage of this. Arrival reduced by 5 thousand bags, prices remained stable: 75 thousand onion bags arrived in the onion market on Friday. Which is 5 thousand onions less than the previous day. Wholesale prices of onion remained stable. The wholesale price ranges from Rs 800 to Rs 1400. Secretary of the Arthiya Union, Pankaj Saini said that 75 thousand onion sets arrived in the onion market on Friday. That means 30 thousand quintals of onion arrived. According to the quality of onion, the wholesale price of onion was Rs 800 to 1400. The retail price of onion was Rs 40 to Rs 50 per kg. Alwar. Farmers protesting in onion market. There was uproar in Alwar onion market for the second day on Friday due to low prices of onion. Farmers demonstrated at the onion market and agricultural produce market secretary’s office. Farmers alleged that they were not getting fair prices for onions due to commission agent Suresh Saini buying them at low rates. Farmers started protesting against the purchase of onions by commission agents near the gate of the onion market located in front of the fruit vegetable market. Due to the protest, work at Saini’s place remained closed for about two hours.
Farmers went to Agricultural Produce Market Committee Deputy Director Naresh Yadav to complain about the middleman. Onion business started again after the intervention of Naresh Yadav, Deputy Director of Agricultural Produce Market Committee. Here, agent Saini says that according to the quality of onion in the market, onion was purchased from the farmers at the price. It is wrong to buy onion at low rates. Farmers are free to sell onions to any onion trader. Arrangements made for farmers to protect themselves from cold in the agricultural produce market.
