New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- Twenty years on, the plan to decongest north Delhi's Azadpur mandi (market) is still just a vision on paper. With close to 5,000 vehicles entering the market daily, the mandi has become one of the main reasons for congestion in the area.
In 1997, the agricultural produce marketing committee at Azadpur (APMC Azadpur) had procured 70 acres at Tikri Khampur in Narela to develop a new mandi to decongest the one at Azadpur. But it was only last year that Delhi agriculture marketing board (DAMB), the apex body for all APMCs in the city, was transferred the land for the market.
While presenting the budget in 2017, Delhi finance minister and deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia had said that the work to develop Tikri Khampur ...