Record-breaking arrival of groundnuts in Sabarkundla and Gondal marketing yards

According to a report by Sandesh, the arrival of groundnuts at the Sabarkundla APMC in Amreli district has reached a high level. In drone videos of the Sabarkundla APMC yard, large piles of groundnuts are visible everywhere, and the entire yard is overflowing with groundnuts. A record-breaking fifty-five thousand maunds of groundnuts arrived at the Sabarkundla APMC in a single day. Farmers from surrounding villages rushed to the Sabarkundla APMC with tractors and vehicles to sell their produce.

Due to lack of space, the authorities of Sabarkundla APMC have decided to impose a temporary ban on accepting new arrivals of groundnuts until further notice. At Sabarkundla APMC, farmers are receiving satisfactory prices of up to rupees 1600 per maund for good quality groundnuts. Traders and managers had made arrangements to systematically manage the unexpected and heavy arrival of groundnuts at Sabarkundla APMC.

According to another report by Sandesh, a historic and massive arrival of new groundnuts was recorded in the Gondal marketing yard of Saurashtra after Diwali and Labh Pancham. A total of one lakh twenty-five thousand bags of groundnuts arrived in the Gondal yard in a single day, causing the market to overflow with rows of groundnuts. Due to the heavy crowd at Gondal, queues of more than 1700 vehicles, four to five kilometres long, formed on both sides of the Gondal National Highway.

Due to the shortage of space, the administration of the Gondal yard has decided to completely stop the arrival of groundnuts until further notice. Thousands of farmers from Rajkot, Junagadh, Amreli, Jamnagar, and Porbandar reached Gondal with tractors, Eicher trucks, and trucks. As there were about 1700 freight vehicles on the road, traffic on the Gondal highway slowed down temporarily, and the police and security staff put in great effort to control it.

Since the yard ground was completely filled, the authorities of the Gondal yard issued an official circular imposing a complete ban on bringing new groundnuts until further notice to ensure that the auction process proceeds smoothly. Traders and mills in the Gondal yard showed strong buying interest for good quality produce. In the open auction at Gondal, the prices for 20 kg (one maund) of groundnuts ranged from rupees 1200 to a high of rupees 1900. Farmers bringing good and dry produce to Gondal were happy to receive remunerative and high prices. The auction of the quantity unloaded in the Gondal yard is currently being carried out on a war footing.