Azadpur Mandi for token-based entry of vehicles

New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The vehicles heading to the Azadpur Mandi, Asia’s largest wholesale fruits and vegetable market, will now have to collect a token before entering it.

According to the new process, 3,300 vehicles would be issued tokens a day for entry to the market, the Azadpur Mandi authorities said, here on Sunday.

The tokens would be issued from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. on the ‘first come, first serve’ basis. 300 tokens would be issued between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m, and 200 tokens per hour between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m.

According to the Mandi administration, vehicles will be allowed as per the time mentioned in the token, also no vehicle will be allowed to be parked in the Burari Ground from 10 a.m. to 5 a.m.

Tanveer Ahmed, secretary of the Azadpur Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee, said the new system would become effective on Monday and was aimed at implementing the central and the Delhi governments guidelines on social distancing to prevent spread of cporonavirus.

Azadpur Mandi remains closed on Sunday.

After the death of a commission agent of the mandi due to coronavirus, several precautionary measures have been taken at the market. It was also sanitised on Sunday.

–IANS

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