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Bid to develop grain market

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Proposal also to set up modern terminal market

CHANDIGARH: Responding to an offer of Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Administrator S. F. Rodrigues, a delegation of the Sabzi Mandi Arhatia Association led by its president Digvijay Kapoor and Market Committee chairman Harbhajan Singh on Thursday called on the Administrator to discuss the scope of partnership and participation in the development of infrastructure in the grain market and also in the proposed modern terminal market being set up near Maloya.

Gen. Rodrigues said it was imperative that the existing grain market was developed into a retail market with improved infrastructural facilities and the major grain and vegetable trade should be harmonised with the proposed modern terminal market, which would be a profitable proposition for the traders as well as farming community.

He suggested that a core group of senior officials of the Administration and the Trade and Arhatia Association discuss the modalities of partnership strategy and synergies for the agreed formula of space allocation and other facilities in the planning and implementing processes of the terminal market.

He reiterated that the terminal market project would provide varied online market services to the users such as electronic auction facility, cold-storage facility, temperature-controlled warehouses, ripening chambers, sorting, grading, washing and packing lines, material handling equipment, banking and non-market services related to agriculture such as business centre services, budget hotels, restaurants and shopping complexes.

Mr. Digvijay Kapoor assured that the traders would discuss the issue with the senior officials and come out with an agreement.

Senior officials of the Chandigarh Administration attended the meeting.

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