Bhubaneswar, May 10 -- The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has initiated the development of a state-of-the-art wholesale vegetable market complex at Bhagabanpur, signalling the end of a long-standing logistical bottleneck in the city's heart.

The ambitious Rs 45 crore project is designed to relocate the historic Unit-I wholesale operations to a sprawling 9.36-acre site on the city's outskirts, significantly reducing traffic congestion in the capital's core areas, as reported by The New Indian Express.

Located strategically near National Highway-16, the new integrated trading hub aims to provide seamless regional connectivity for heavy transport vehicles. Unlike the cramped four-acre Unit-I site, which has hosted 49 wholesale ven...