As the flood situation is continuously worsening in the country, kitchen market traders are taking advantage to increase the price of various essentials showing reason of crops land damage.
However, buyers refuse to comply with the traders’ demand and urging the relevant authorities to conduct strong vigilance in the capital’s kitchen market.
The price of almost all vegetables and spices have gone up while the prices of onion decreased slightly. Compared to previous week, green chili was also found selling at little higher price at Tk 180-200 per kilogram (kg).
As the country, mostly in the northern regions, is experiencing severe flooding, most of the crops have gone under water. As a result, vegetable prices have suddenly shot up, said vegetable traders of Karwan Bazar kitchen market - one of the biggest and busiest in town.
In the vegetable market, papaya is selling at Tk 40, cucumber between Tk 80 and 120, carrot at Tk 100, tomato between Tk 80 and 120 per kg while lemon cost between Tk 20-40 (four pieces), brinjal cost Tk 60-80, bitter gourd sold at Tk 50, okra at Tk 50, gourd Tk 50-60, and potato is Tk 20-22 per kg.
Karwan Bazar vegetable trader Ibrahim said that due to lingering flood, most of the crop land is damaged to some extent, and as a result, prices of many of the vegetable items have shot up.
At Karwan Bazar, cardamom was selling for Tk 2,800-2,900 per kg. Nutmeg was selling for Tk 2,500-2,600. Cloves was selling for Tk 850 per kg, while black peeper, cumin and cinnamon were selling for Tk 580-600, Tk 350-400 and Tk 450 respectively.
Apart from these, the local variety of garlic was selling for Tk 170 per kg and Indian garlic for Tk 190, which were TK 150 and Tk 170 respectively in the previous week.
In the meat market, beef and mutton were selling at Tk 550-570 per kg and Tk 750per kg respectively while broiler chicken was selling at Tk 130 a kg, red layer chicken and Pakistani chicken are selling at the same price, at Tk 180-220.
During visits to the fish market in Rampura, it was found that the prices fluctuate slightly. Chital fish was selling at Tk 500-550 per kg, Awn fish at Tk 650-700, Rohi is at Tk 280-350 per kg, Katla at Tk 300-350, Tilapia sold at Tk 140-160, Boal fish at Tk 700-900, Pangas is sold at Tk 150-180, Pabda sold at Tk 500, and Shing sold at Tk 400-600.
