The first day of the fruit and vegetable fair organised by the Agriculture Produce Market Committee at Niranjanpur in Dehradun saw visitors buying up all the pulses on sale on Thursday. The market committee had set up the pulses counter in the fair to provide the same at cheaper rates in addition to which organic products and exotic vegetables were also sold in considerable quantity.
The fair was inaugurated by Agriculture minister Harak Singh Rawat and Forest minister Dinesh Aggarwal. Fruit and vegetable vendors received a considerable number of local customers.Fruit seller Manish Kumar appreciated the customer response stating that on the first day he sold about two quintals of oranges. Another fruit vendor Mohammad Shahrukh said that grapes were being bought comparative less as people were instead buying other fruits.Vendor Zakhir Hussain said that he sold almost 50 kilograms of apples and 20 kilograms of other fruits.
local Ramesh Singh buying vegetables at the fair said that it is a good initiative by the committee though the exotic vegetables were costly.