Birgunj Metropolitan City has opened a well-equipped vegetable and fruit wholesale market near Railway Road in Chhapakaiya. The Rs 7m facility, wich came into operation from Sunday, was built to manage the vegetable and fruit vendors who had been operating their business from a vacant property of BP Garden near Ghantaghar in Birgunj Metropolitan City-9 for years.

The new market has 28 shuttered shops, warehouses, and toilet facilities. Birgunj Metropolitan City Mayor Rajeshman Singh formally inaugurated the newly constructed wholesale vegetable and fruit market. On the occasion, Mayor Singh said that the construction of the wholesale vegetable and fruit market is linked to the identity and name of the people of Chhapakaiya.

According to Arvind Lal Karna, Chief Administrative Officer of the metropolis, 28 shutters have come into operation in 14 units built at a cost of Rs 7m in the first phase. All basic facilities including electricity, water, toilets, sewage disposal and security are available in the wholesale market premises. Karna informed that there are plans to expand the number of units and physical infrastructure by investing an additional Rs 7m in the coming phase.