HYDERABAD: Bowenpally Vegetable market received praise from Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Maan Ki Baat programme on Sunday.
During the first episode of the Maan Ki Baat programe of 2021, PM Modi said Bowenpally vegetable market has turned waste into wealth.
Lauding the efforts of vegetable traders at the market as the power of innovation, he said usually the vegetables rot leading to unhygienic conditions.
Terming the effort as “the journey of turning garbage into gold”, Modi said daily almost 10 tonnes of waste is collected at the market. “Also, 500 units of electricity is produced daily apart from about 30 kg biofuel”.
Explaining the use of the vegetable market, he said that the electricity generated was being used to illuminate the market and the bio-fuel was used in the mandi canteen for cooking.
Vegetables from nearly 20 districts across the state reach the market spread over 21 acres.