Wardha admin, Rotary set up ideal vegetable market

Wardha: In the backdrop of Covid-19 pandemic, can a vegetable market be a safe place where all norms of social distancing are adhered to? Well, yes. Wardha district administration and Rotary Club Gandhi City has set up such an ideal vegetable market.
So much so, even the Prime Minister Office (PMO) has taken note of the ideal market and posted a video of it on its Facebook page urging the people of the metropolitan cities to follow the example set by Wardha market.
To avoid the crowd , the main vegetable market of Bajaj Square was shifted to 15 different places. Still the rush could not be controlled. Municipal council and sub-divisional officers then put forward an idea before Rotary Club members that they want to make a safe vegetable market where they could control the crowd and follow social distancing norms.
District administration provided Kesarimal Kanya School ground for the purpose. Rotary Club made the plan to build the market, provided manpower and gave material. Municipal council took the responsibility of allotment of stalls and cleanliness. Rotary Club set up all the stalls and kept sanitisers and chairs in front of every shop for the customer to sit in the shade. Police controlled the crowd and ensured everyone adopted a disciplined approach. In all, there are 80 vegetable and fruit shops at the venue.
The Facebook post by PMO has boosted the confidence of district administration. Speaking to TOI, collector Vivek Bhimanwar said, “By posting the video, PMO praised our efforts to make Wardha district free from Covid-19.”