Farmers resort to pressure tactics, sell vegetables outside Kallikudi market in Trichy

Deepak Karthik | TNN | Updated: Apr 27, 2020, 17:09 IST

Farmers sell vegetables outside Kallikudi market in Trichy

TRICHY: Frustrated over the inordinate delay in commencing operation at the Kallikudi integrated vegetable market in Trichy, farmers launched vegetable sale in front of the market on Monday.
Though two years have passed since the integrated market was inaugurated, the facility is yet to become operational.
Around 32 farmers from Manikandam and adjoining hamlets sold their vegetables to retail traders and the common public who had come from Trichy city. Around 5.25 tonne of vegetables including tomato to the tune of Rs 57,000 were sold by the farmers on Monday.
“The objective of launching vegetable sales is to pressurise the district administration to put the integrated vegetable market to use. Two years on, the market is still non-functional while the public money has been wasted. We will continue the vegetable sales outside the market to create a demand,” said Ku Pa Krishnan, a former agriculture minister who coordinated the sales.
The farmers have demanded that the district administration earmark shop for them at the Kallikudi market.