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The Delhi government on Thursday passed a budget of Rs 476.89 crore for the development of various mandis in the national capital, including over Rs 175 crore for the Aazadpur market.In a joint meeting chaired by Development Minister Gopal Rai with the officials of Delhi Agricultural Marketing Board (DAMB) and Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) today, regarding the development of Delhi's mandis, the board passed a budget of Rs 476 crores 89 lakhs for the development of mandis for the financial year 2022-23 at the meeting.The board has allocated approximately Rs 178.73 crore to APMC Azadpur, Rs 13.34 crore to the fruit and vegetable market in Ghazipur, Rs 13.96 crore to FP and EMC in Ghazipur, Rs 8 crore to the flower market, Rs 18.91 crore to APMC Keshopur, Rs 45.03 crore to APMC Narela, Rs 5.32 crore to APMC Najafgarh and Rs 193.57 crore to the Delhi Agricultural Marketing Board.Divulging more details on the same, Rai said, ''Along with the development of Tikri Khampur Wholesale Mandi, the development of Ghazipur's Fruit and Vegetable Mandi and Poultry Market, as well as the renovation of Ghazipur Flower Market, will be carried out, with a budget allocation of Rs 303 crores. The Kejriwal Government is committed to the development, expansion, and creation of better infrastructure in the Mandis.''He further said that the government has issued orders for the renovation of Kisan Bhawan in order to protect farmers from similar difficulties and to provide better amenities.'''In today's meeting with the Delhi Agricultural Marketing Board, instructions have also been given for the renovation of Kisan Bhawan of Azadpur Mandi. Farmers come to Azadpur Mandi to sell their vegetables and fruits and sometimes they have to stay in hotels around the Mandi for 1 to 2 days which costs them a lot. Our government has issued orders for the renovation of Kisan Bhawan in order to protect farmers from similar difficulties and to provide better amenities,' he added.Orders were also issued for the installation of CCTV cameras at all mandis in the national capital.''To monitor the work being done in the Mandis, orders have been issued by the board to install CCTV cameras in all the Mandis in Delhi soon. With this, the security of the Mandis will be kept under strict surveillance and the movement of people will also be taken care of,'' he said.( With inputs from ANI )Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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