Div. Commissioner Orders Immediate Removal Of Existing So Called Vegetable Market In Mirpur

In a drastic step to ensure the supply of edibles including fruits and vegetables to the masses in the open market in Mirpur district, Divisional Commissioner Muhammad Tayyeb Wednesday ordered the City Municipal Corporation and district authorities to immediately disband the so called wholesale fruit and vegetable market (Mandi) at Naangi in Mirpur City ending the long hegemony of an only family

MIRPUR (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd May, 2018 ) :In a drastic step to ensure the supply of edibles including fruits and vegetables to the masses in the open market in Mirpur district, Divisional Commissioner Muhammad Tayyeb Wednesday ordered the City Municipal Corporation and district authorities to immediately disband the so called wholesale fruit and vegetable market (Mandi) at Naangi in Mirpur City ending the long hegemony of an only family.

In a statement issued by Mirpur Divisional office, the Div. Commissioner issued these orders after the massive complaints of artificial shortage of the commodities (fruits and vegetables) through their hoarding besides exceptional profiteering during the holy month of Ramadan in Mirpur city and rest of the district allegedly on the part of the private owners of the aforesaid market.

The owners of the city's only main wholesale fruit and vegetable market were also allegedly involved in disallowing the outsider wholesale dealers in the premises of the market. They were also found involved in hoarding the fruits and vegetables in the cold storages located at secret places in various parts of the city aimed at to sale the products according to their own choice at exorbitant rates against the prices fixed by the district administration.

By taking stringent action against, Tayyeb ordered to Administrator of Municipal Corporation Mirpur to immediately establish an alternative wholesale fruit and vegetable market by immediately disbanding the so called wholesale fruit and vegetable Market besides ending the male-distribution of the highly valuable state owned land of the market.

The official handout said that the Divisional Commissioner took this immediately-needed step after the massive public complaints against the lack of neat and clean market system in the central wholesale fruit and vegetable market at Naangi shopping center following the hegemony of 16 of persons belonging to the same whole-sellers group running the central wholesale vegetables den by charging the money of their own choice from the small shopkeepers, statement added.

This unlawful and immoral practice of these so called whole sellers had closed the doors of the whole sellers hailing from other adjoining parts of the district to launch their products on whole sale rate from the 'Naangi Mandi'.

According to the general public complaints, these so called whole sellers / mafia controlling the existing central fruit and vegetable market had put retailers / small shopkeepers in mortgage by giving them the products in shape of mark up or on pending payment system compelling them to sale the products on excessive rates in retail prices.

At the same time, when contacted local duty magistrate and Naib Tehsildar Mirpur Choudhry Imran Yousaf disclosed to APP that three of the cold storages, filled with hoarded items including fruit and vegetables, have been unearthed at certain secret locations in the city.

He said that higher authorities have been informed about the existence of the huge quantity of the hoarded fruit and vegetables in these cold storages, for further necessary action. To a question, Imran Yousaf said that an extensive drive is underway by the administration to wipe out profiteers and hoarders to ensure the return of the sky-touching prices of the commodities of daily use including fruit vegetable, meat (including mutton and beef) at the officially fixed prices of the commodities.