The Kalimati Fruit and Vegetable Market Development (KFVMD) Board is preparing to extend its service in other parts of the country too. Binaya Shrestha, planning officer of the board, informed that the board has been vested with the right to extend the service in necessary areas according to the latest directives issued by the government in April first week.

Lamahi Vegetable Market Development Project based at Dang distirct had expressed its interest work with KFVMO. A joint meeting of government officials and donor agency have urged that there should be involvement of the KFVMD to conduct the project properly at Dang. The board, despite of its interest, could not proceed ahead in the lack of government support in this regard.

Earlier, the board had formed several committees to identify the potential market areas at Dharke and Chhatredeurali of Dhading, Panchkhal of Kavre and Handikhola of Makwanpur districts. The market place was established in 1987 as a wholesale market place at Kalimati under the department of food and agriculture marketing services. After an agreement between the then Kalimati Wholesale Market project and United Nation Capital Development Fund. A budget of Rs 4.6 million was provided to construct and equip market facilities at Kalimati. The project was converted into an autonomous organisation in 1955 as Kalimati Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale Market Development Board under the Development Board Act, 1957. The formation order converted the KFVWMDB into Kalimati Fruit and Vegetable Market Development Board (KFVMDB).

The board manages the market by inspecting the quality and accuracy in measurement of goods and solving the market’s problems and dispute and keeping the market place clean and hygienic. The board provides stalls for 300 wholesale traders. Each stall covers 78 feet, which cost Rs one to three thousand on the basis of location. The traders are not allowed to sell less than five kilograms. There is also a retailing market and even small traders sell their products which they carry in a basket called Kharpan. The board collects more than Rs 1.1 million rupees from the wholesaler, retailer and from the entry fees charged from the vehicles entering into the market. The board spends Rs 70,000 for the whole management.