Kejriwal flags off 70 mobile vans to sell onions at Rs 23.90 per kg

Mobile vans for supplying onions at Rs 23.90 per kg were flagged off by Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday. The Delhi government on Friday had announced the onions in the city will be sold at Rs 23.90 per kg through mobile vans and at ration shops from Saturday.

New Delhi:Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday flagged off 70 mobile vans which will be selling onions at Rs 23.90 per kilogram in all the assembly constituencies in the city.

The event was held outside the Delhi Secretariat, which was attended by Food and Civil Supplies Minister Imran Hussain and several Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders.

The government will also sell onions at 400 ration shops across the national capital.

"Flagged off 70 mobile vans from the Delhi Secretariat that are being stationed in 70 Assembly constituencies for sale of onion at Rs 23.90 per kg. In addition, 400 fair price shops have also begun supply of affordable onion. We expect the market price of onion to reduce soon," Kejriwal tweeted.

Imran Hussain, minister of food and supplies while talking to ETV Bharat said that 1 lakh kg onions will be sold out to the public at an affordable price through 70 mobile vans and 390 Fair Price Shops.

While announcing the move on Friday, Kejriwal had said a person can buy a maximum of five kilogram of onion at a time.

He had also said that onion is being sold between Rs 60 and Rs 80 per kg in retail, adding that the new step would provide relief to the people of the city.

The government will procure one lakh kilogram of onions from the Centre over the next five days.