Kalimati Tarkari Bazar (Kalimati-13) is one of the biggest and most renowned vegetables and fruits marketplace in Nepal, which was established in 1987 A.D. as a wholesale market at Kalimati under the Department of Food and Organization marketing services.
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The main objectives of Tarkari Bajar are to serve its consumers fresh and hygienic vegetables and fruits. About Rs. 4.6 million budget was provided to construct the market along with market facilities in Kalimati after an agreement between the Kalimati wholesale market project and united Nations capital development.
You can check Kalimati Tarkari’s price on the website of kalimatimarket gov np. The Kalimati vegetable rate today is updated daily.
Kalimati fruits and vegetable market is providing customers with cheap and quality vegetables.
Kalimati Tarkari Bazar Rate Today
Consumers can check Kalimati vegetable price in Nepal online. Here are the steps to check the price.
- Visit Kalimati Market official website
- Hover on the “Market Notice” on the menu section.
- Click on “Daily Price List” on the submenu item.
Now, you can check daily price of vegetables like tomato, onion, ginger, and more online without visiting the vegetable market in Nepal as shown in the picture below.
There is an another way if you are fan of mobile apps. You can install mobile app named Kalimati Price Today by Sujan Gainju. Using the app, you can easily check the price everyday.
Kalimati Tarkari Bazar Price of Stall by vegetable market development board
It occupied about 2.25 hectares of land, which was enough to accommodate a large number of people and vehicles. Due to their more prominent space, managing it is challenging for the board to manage. However, they maintain better quality and accuracy in measuring goods and are perfect for solving various problems and conflicts, keeping the marketplace clean and hygienic.
Till now, they are an excellent example of their management team. Board has provided stalls for 300 wholesale traders; it covers 78 feet. The cost of each stall is Rupees 1 to 3 thousand. Every trader who owns a stall is not allowed to sell less than five kilograms of items.
Retailers and even small traders sell their products in a basket known as Kharpan. More than Rs.1.1 million rupees are collected by the board from the wholesalers, retailers, and vehicles when it enters the marketplace. From the collection, the board spends Rs.70,000 for the whole management.
Advantages of Kalimati Tarkari Bazar
Kalimati Tarkari Bazar is famous for selling fresh and hygienic vegetables, meats, and fruits at a reliable price with no compromise in quality. People of the valley buy vegetables or fruits, despite other Tarkari Bazar inside the valley. Besides these, they keep the marketplace clean and do not doubt the measurements and other factors. Consumers can easily trust them regarding quality, price, and measurement.
One of the greatest advantage of this market is that consumers get all kind of fruits and vegetables under same roof. Since its start it has always managed a good buzz. It is most oldest and preferred vegetable and fruit market in Kathmandu. Vegetables from all over the country arrive here in the market. Also vegetables and fruits from India and China is also available in the market. Consumers don’t have to move here and there to buy vegetables. They can everything in same place. Also, Kalimati Tarkari bazaar has given good income to many farmers. Farmers get a platform to sell their products. Farmers from all over the country can sell their vegetables and fruits through Kalimati tarkari Bazaar. It has provided a good market to farmers.
Weaknesses of Kalimati Tarkari Bazar
One of the greatest weakness of these vegetables market is that neither the consumers nor farmers get good benefit. It is only the retailers and whole-sellers that are in benefit. They buy vegetables in cheap price from the farmers and sell it in high price to us customers. In this way the farmer and the consumer both have to bear loss. Recently there had been protest that this kind of market should be banned. There is a separate farmers market within the tarkari bazaar premises from which consumers can directly buy from farmers. There is no retailer and whole-seller involved. We should buy from that market instead of allowing these middle agents make profit keeping us in dark.
The market is very unmanaged. Above all the biggest drawback is non uniformity in price. Price differs as per stall and the retailers try their best to fool customers. People with good bargaining power get their vegetables in low price while others are priced high. There should be fixed rate in every stall for all kinds of customers. This is one of the biggest weakness of Kalimati bazaar that it needs to overcome. Once all these weakness are overcomed there is no way that Kalimati Bazaar fades away. It will always be Peoples first choice.
Disputes Among Consumers, Farmers And Retailers
Although consumers get facilities, quality, fresh and hygienic vegetables, and fruits, sometimes, there are disputes among consumers and retailers in Kalimati Tarkari Bazar. In the name of producing more and more production, farmers have used various harmful chemical pesticides that harm the human body when consumed for a long time.
The government conducts cross-examination in the marketplace to solve these problems and conflicts. The government sends a sample of various vegetables and fruits to a research laboratory to examine whether it is good for health or not for individual consumers.
After examination, it shows that if there is below 35% use of chemicals, consumers can keep consuming vegetables and fruits. If it comes (35-40)%, consumers must wait for a few days before they can consume it. However, if it comes 40% over, it will not be suitable for the consumer’s health; they must not eat them. It must be disposed of or destroyed because there is no alternative for it to use again.
So, every day there is a system checking the freshness and hygiene of vegetables and fruits. Nowadays, consumers trust them more, and they go there to buy with confidence.
Kalimati Tarkari Bazar is the only place that adopts the technology to check the quality and hygiene of vegetables and fruits. Due to the government’s great effort and management of Kalimati Tarkari Bazar, it is the best place for consumers to buy vegetables and fruits.
Provisions and Fluctuations
If there is any fluctuation in a price list, they publish the notice on social media to inform their potential consumers. A few years ago, there was a problem with the vegetable price. They sold it at a high price. So related officers of Kalimati Tarkari Bazar had surveyed various places. They served in the field where vegetables and fruits came in it for selling.
After the survey, they found five layers of third parties transport vegetables and fruits from the field to final consumers. When farmers grow vegetables and fruits, they sell them to their local merchants; local merchants sell them to Kalimati Tarkari Bazar. Kalimati Tarkari Bazar to wholesalers, wholesalers to retailers, and last layer retailers to final consumers. Due to that reason, the price of vegetables and fruits increased rapidly.
Some consumers cannot buy vegetables or fruits because of their high prices. Third parties must be eliminated to minimize the price of goods, and there should be a proper provision such that farmers to wholesalers and wholesalers to retailers and retailers to final consumers chain is maintained in a balanced way.
Another reason for increasing the high price is that there are no stall owners—instead, an employee and lawyer work in Kalimati Tarkari Bazar.
In the stall, they put four people to collect fair every month. One merchant should pay at least Rs.400,000 deposited and Rs.30,000 monthly rent for vegetable and fruit management.
If the Kalimati Tarkari Bazar is under the control and management of farmers, the consumer can get various vegetables and fruits at a low price. However, it is the opposite because there are many syndicates in it.
On 25 April 2015, massive earthquakes occurred all over Nepal. After that day, a few consumers went there to purchase vegetables and fruits. So there was a massive decrease in consumers buying vegetables and fruits. It bears a huge loss in those days.
Conclusion
Kalimati Fruits and Vegetables Market is the first and pioneer wholesale market in Kathmandu where and customers procure their services. Kalimati Tarkari Bazaar is pioneer in fruit and vegetable retailing market. The market solely covers over 60 percent demand of Kathmandu valley. It is a choice for all kind of customers when it comes to buying vegetables and fruits. Kalimati Tarkari Bazaar was started by the then Department of Food and Agriculture under ministry of Agriculture in 1986. Since then it has been providing all kind of facilities under an umbrella. It is located in heart of the city Kalimati so is convenient to a large Population.
Kalimati tarkari Bazaar is only growing every year. There are many regular customer On one hand it has provide market to farmers to sell their products and on the other hand it has fulfilled the demand of vegetables and fruits in Kathmandu Valley. Despite establishment of many other vegetables and fruit market, kalimati tarkari bazaar holds a special place. It has provided market to various farmers.
However, the present, Kalimati Tarkari Bazar is one of the biggest and most convenient places for buying and selling vegetables and fruits. It has maintained the quality, fresh, hygienic vegetables and fruits that lure consumers to visit daily.
One of the reasons to visit there is because of the affordable price and the clean marketplace. Management was too good if any problem or conflict arose, but the board managed it. Vegetables and fruits are brought from the valley or other places and our neighbor countries like India and China.
It is the first marketplace that adopted the technology to check the hygiene of vegetables and fruits for better consumers’ health. It means Kalimati Tarkari Bazar is also aware of consumers’ health which is too good for enhancing their trading. The Internet is all things in this busy world. They provided relevant information about the price list of vegetables and fruits on their website, making it easy for consumers. That means they had started to learn about adopting in this technology world.
We can find organic vegetables and fruits suitable for people’s health and overcoming illness. Kathmandu valley has few fertile lands due to rapid population growth and migration of people where buildings cover the land. So, few lands in the valley are suitable and available for cultivation. Even though there is less cultivated land and rapid population growth, Kalimati Tarkari Bazar can efficiently serve their potential consumers without any hindrance or issues.
If the payment methods or service methods are updated to take advantage of modern technology to reach a wider range of customers, or if all physical activities are made online, their customer base will expand much more, which is profitable for the sellers. Moreover, they will easily survive in the long run in this complex, competitive world.
