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“The state government has asked the civic body to provide land for a weekly vegetable market. “The PMC has informed the agriculture marketing board, appointed to monitor the weekly market, that 30 are operating illegally on private properties,” he said. (File)Struggling to find an open space for a weekly vegetable market for farmers in the city, the Pune Municipal Corporation’s efforts to make use of the grazing land in civic jurisdiction has not been fruitful so far. “If the grazing land is made available, then the civic body can enable the weekly market in the area,” he said. The PMC has given permission to 10 weekly vegetable markets in the city while a total of 40 are functional in the city..