Dalits Stage protests
5:24 PM Posted by ukmad
Various Dalit organisations protested here on Thursday against the alleged assault on two Dalit members of Belgaum Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee.
A memorandum was given with a demand for action against the leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samithi and their supporters, including Sanjay Patil, MLA, former Mayor and MES leader Shivaji Sunthakar, who allegedly carried out assault on Raju Kolkar and Arjun Maddikar.
Photo: Prakash
Another wholesale vegetable market in Belgaum
10:12 AM Posted by ukmad
The fort road whole sale vegetable market is very congested and also causes a lot traffic jams and congestion. In addition the space is also not sufficient; hence there is a jostle for space by all. The trucks and Lorries stand on the road causing hardships to the regular traffic.
A few dealers are refusing to shift to the new market have their own reasons for their decision. Also, there is speculation that the middlemen, who will be losing their commission if all dealers shift to the new market, are influencing some of them against shifting. All the 150 shops allotted to wholesale vegetable dealers at the new market had been occupied. The Government had initiated measures to set up a separate wholesale vegetable market at a different location.
With the new market you could now get and sell all the vegetables at one place, earlier all the green vegetables were bought and sold at the Fort road market and potatoes and onions were sold at the APMC market. Now that all have come under one roof it should be easier for all to do trade.
Source The Hindu
