Subsidised Nafed onions selling like hot cakes in Delhi

NEW DELHI: Subsidised onions at Rs 35 a kg vendored by agri-cooperative Nafed is selling like hot cakes in the national capital following which the agency has increased the number of such mobile vans from today.

"Onions of all the 20 mobile vans (carrying about 500 kg each) sold within two hours of setting out in the morning," Nafed chairman Bijendra Singh told PTI.

One person is not permitted to buy more than two kg of onion from the vans (as also in the Nafed outlets) in a day.

Singh, who is also a Delhi MLA had yesterday flagged off 15 such mobile vans.

These vans are scheduled to venture out at 10 AM and sell the veggie till 6 PM in the evening.

A total of 7500 kg of onion in the 15 vans were sold yesterday in different parts of Delhi before the sunset.

Enthused by good response, Nafed, the apex cooperative organisation which regulates onion exports in the country, today added five more vans (each carrying about 500 kg onions).

This takes the total number of vehicles to 20 to ply them in different areas, particularly JJ colonies, Nafed sources said.