CURATED BY – BHAGWAN DAS BERAGI | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Shajapur. When the market which was closed for a week due to Diwali opened in the auspicious time, the traders worshipped the weighing scale and after this the buying work started. With this, the atmosphere of bustle was created in the deserted Krishi Upaj Mandi with the arrival of farmers again. On the other hand, the grain of the farmer who reached the market first on this day was bought at high prices in the auspicious time. It is worth mentioning that the work of buying produce in the Krishi Upaj Mandi had stopped from Dhanteras. On the other hand, due to the old tradition, when the market opened on Monday, on this day the traders worshipped the weighing scale and bought in the auspicious time. In the auspicious time bid, the purchase was made from Ishwar Singh, son of Narayan Singh, a farmer from Majhania, who reached the market first with his soybean produce. In the Muhurat, Bhimavat Trading Company purchased about 7 bags of soybean from the farmer and paid the farmer Rs. 5851.25 per quintal for this. Similarly, Shankheshwar Trading Company purchased 8 bags of soybean at Rs. 5151.25 per quintal from farmer Mayank of village Tukrana, Shriram Traders purchased 5 bags of soybean at Rs. 5721.25 per quintal from farmer Naveen of Tukrana, Shrinath Trading Company purchased 2 bags of soybean at Rs. 5151.25 per quintal from farmer Dhannalal of Bangali. Also, Ashish Traders purchased 5 bags of wheat at the rate of Rs. 2721.25 per quintal from farmer Dheeraj of Dupara. After this, the round of purchase started with due rituals and about 6024 quintals of soybean were purchased in the market on this day. The price of soybean in the market on this day ranged from Rs. 3300 to Rs. 5851. Wheat and lentils were also purchased in the market.

Farmer welcomed by tying a turban

When the market opened after Diwali, this year the traders welcomed the farmers who sold their produce at the auspicious time by tying a turban as per tradition. According to the information received from the market, apart from soybean, 413 sacks of wheat were also purchased on Monday and the price of wheat on this day was Rs 2500 to Rs 2952 per quintal. Similarly, 1 sack of rai, chana vast, masoor dal was also purchased.