Tangmarg, Aug 25, Aug. 26 -- Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of a modern Fruit and Vegetable Mandi at Wussan Bangil, Karhama, Tangmarg, marking the beginning of a long-pending project aimed at strengthening horticulture marketing infrastructure in the Tangmarg-Gulmarg belt. The proposed mandi will come up on 50 kanals of land with direct access to the Tangmarg-Gulmarg Road. It is expected to benefit nearly nine lakh people across 19 blocks of Baramulla and Budgam districts by providing growers with an organised platform for handling, grading, sorting, packaging and marketing their produce.The facility is also expected to improve market linkages, bring buyers closer to growers, enhance price realisation an...