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| Director Horticulture holds meeting with Fruit & Vegetable Association | | |  EARLY TIMES REPROT
JAMMU, June 16: Director Horticulture (P&M), Vishesh Mahajan visited Narwal Mandi and conducted a detailed meeting with the members of Jammu Fruit and Vegtable Associations.
The Associations were led by its president Davender Gupta, vice president Ashok Kumar Gupta and general Secretary Nitin Jain and Vegetable Association led by by President Surinder Singh, Vice president Vishal Kohli and General Secretary Ankur.
During the meeting a number of issues were discussed. All the officials of the department and engineering wing were present in the meeting.
Director Horticulture (P&M) was apprised by Fruit and Vegetable Association members about some burning issue that they are facing in the Mandi and needed immediate attention. Members requested for extension of lease deeds and at the same time asked for completion of Auction shed in Phase-II. Director in the meeting assured the Fruit and Vegetable Association members that their demands will be addressed at the earliest
Director asked the concerned officials to act on the demands raised by the Fruit and Vegetable Associations and provide the necessary facilities in the Mandi like water and Canteen. He directed the engineering wing of the department to expedite work on pending projects and instructed that they may be completed within next fifteen days.
Director informed the Fruit and Vegetable Association that the Fruit & Vegetable Mandi is under Smart City Project and amount to the tune of Rs 12 crores has been envisaged for creating various facilities.
Regarding the space shortage for parking of trucks, Director assured the Fruit and Vegetable Association that the department will take up the matter with NHPC for renting out the land to the department so that during the peak season the extra inflow of trucks in the mandi can be managed well.
However, Director agreed to Fruit and Vegetable Association suggestion of using for temporary phase the adjacent railway land and agreed that the matter will be taken up with authorities.
While touring the Fruit Market and Vegetable Market, Director asked the shopkeepers to desist from encroachments and offer cooperation with officials for better maintenance of the Mandi.
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