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25 more shops for uzhavar sandhai

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Bus service ordered for farmers from Vedaranyam

INSPECTION: Dairy Development Minister U. Mathivanan inspecting the uzhavar sandhai at Mannargudi on Friday.

TIRUVARUR: Twenty five more shops would be constructed at Mannargudi Uzhavar sandhai in Tiruvarur district and the sales increased to Rs. 10 lakh, said U. Mathivanan, Dairy Development Minister at Mannargudi, on Friday.

He inspected the Uzhavar sandhai. He told presspersons at present there are 50 shops in the sandhai and a sale of Rs. 6 lakh is achieved by selling 38 tonnes of vegetables. Farmers have made a demand for construction of additional 25 shops. Proposal has been sent to Government and the shops will soon be constructed.

Mannargudi Uzhavar sandhai stands second in the State in sales.

The Minister also said that Uzhavar sandhais are functioning at Tiruvarur, Thiruthuraipoondi, Mannargudi, Needamangalam and Muthupettai in the district.

Identity cards

In total, there are 205 shops in all the sandhais and identity cards have been issued to 502 farmers for selling vegetables in these sandhais. A total of 106 tonnes of vegetables are sold in these sandhais per day.

The minister inspected Uzhavar sandhais at Thiruthuraipoondi, Tiruvarur and Needamangalam. At Thiruthuripoondi, responding to the demand of the farmers, he asked officials to operate a bus via Sembodai from Vedaranyam to Thiruthuraipoondi so that farmers who bring vegetables from Vedaranyam could utilise its services.

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