The government on Wednesday said that a second train carrying 840 tonnes of onions from Nashik arrived in the national capital for disposal in the Delhi-NCR area.
Most of the onions will be released in Azadpur Mandi to augment overall availability in the market, while part of the stock will go for retail sale at Rs 35 per kg, said the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
The onions have been procured by the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) under the price stabilisation fund of the Department of Consumer Affairs.
This is the second bulk transportation of onions by train to Delhi-NCR, after the National Co-operative Consumers’ Federation of India Ltd (NCCF)brought 1,600 MT of onions to Kishanganj Station in New Delhi on October 20 by the Kanda Express. Bulk transportation of onions by rail rake has been adopted for timely, reliable and cost-effective delivery of onions to various regions, …