NO ID, NO VEGGIES! Tulsipur implements mandatory IDs for vegetable sellers

Published On: April 26, 2023 12:30 PM NPT By: Republica | @RepublicaNepal

TULSIPUR, April 26: Tulsipur Sub-metropolitan City has made identity cards mandatory for the sale and distribution of agricultural products. Mandatory identity cards are going to be distributed for the marketing of locally-produced agricultural products.

Dhanraj Gautam, head of the Agriculture Division of the sub-metropolitan city, said that this work has been carried forward in accordance with the goal of selling and distributing local products. "Currently, the market is dominated by vegetables from India and traders from outside," he said, "Because of this, local products have not been able to find the market. Keeping this in mind, we have implemented the identity card system."

All the 19 wards of Tulsipur have called on the farmers to get listed and acquire the ID card from their respective wards. With the distribution of identity cards to the farmers, they will be able to sell vegetables in the Tulsipur market from 4AM to 8AM. But those without an identity card will not be allowed to sell vegetables. A haat bazaar is going to be arranged in Ward No. 12 for the sale and distribution of agricultural products.