The agriculture wholesale bazaar management committee has exported agricultural products worth over Rs 1 billion in seven months of the current fiscal year, 2022/23.
The committee at Lalbandi Municipality-7 exported agricultural produces worth Rs 1.06 billion between 17 July 2022 and 12 February 2023, said the committee manager Shambhu Ghimire.
The exported agricultural products include tomato, eggplant, black-eyed bean, bottle gourd, bitter gourd, cucumber, cauliflower, cabbage, sponge gourd, green bean, lady finger, radish, green chili, carrot, lamb's quarter, pointed gourd, jackfruit, pumpkin, coriander, lemon, ginger, pea, onion, and capsicum among others. The agricultural products produced mostly in Lalbandi, Hariwan, Haripur, and Ishworpur in Sarlahi district have been exported to places outside the district including Sindhuli, Ramechhap, Kathmandu, Pokhara, Butwal, Bhairahawa, Narayangadh, Nepalgunj, Hetauda, Birgunj, Gaur, Janakpur, Siraha, Biratnagar and Ithari among others, said the committee chair Toran Bahadur Magar.
Meanwhile, the foundation stone has been laid for a six-room building belonging to the committee, which is under the purview of the federal government. The over Rs 5 million projects will be completed within the current fiscal year, said Magar.
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