Sylhet Correspondent :
Prices of green chili and onion have registered a sharp rise in the kitchen markets of the Sylhet putting more pressure on consumers.
Prices of vegetables and other essential commodities have also gone up in the Sylhet city markets. Heavy rains and flooding throughout the country have caused vegetable shortages this year, skyrocketing their prices, market sources said.
This year most of the seedbeds of vegetables were damaged several times due to excessive rains that badly affected the early vegetables growers.
Taking advantage of the rise in demand, some unscrupulous traders hiked the prices of most essential commodities to make some extra profits, consumers alleged.
Price of green chili has increased to Tk 200-250 per kilogram from October 3 and it is still selling at the same price.
Keeping pace with green chili, prices of eggplant, okra, pointed-gourd, radish, ridge gourd and leafy vegetables have also soared in the Sylhet city markets.
Local onion was selling at Tk 80-90 per kg while imported onion was being sold at Tk 60-65 a kg in the Sylhet.
Price of local onion has increased by 42.11 percent, while price of imported onion rose by 60 percent in a month, according to data compiled by state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB).
Eggplant of different qualities was selling at Tk 70-80 a kg, Potol at Tk 55 a kg, radish at Tk 60 a kg, beans at Tk 90-100 a kg, bitter-gourd at Tk 70-80 a kg, okra at Tk 70 per kg, tomato at Tk 100-120 per kg, and carrot at Tk 70-80 per kg in the retail market.
Atikur Rahman, a private company employee in Uposhohor told that, “It’s been difficult for the middle-class people to maintain household expenses, as commodity prices have been increasing every day.”
Mosquito menace haunts dwellers: The Sylhet city people here have been suffering from mosquito menace for long. But, the authorities concerned are not taking any step to end the problem. The situation has now taken a serious turn.
Mosquitoes buzz around and bite the dwellers at night. The students, especially the PSC and JSC examinees, are worst sufferers, and they cannot prepare their lessons. The people living on the pavements and in slums are highly exposed to the menace.
“I have to use two or three coils everyday as protection from mosquito invasion at my house,” said Salim Uddin, a resident of Patanpara area.
The strategy of Sylhet City Corporation for eradiating mosquito, however, gives poor result as mosquitoes overcomes the cheaper insecticides, he added.
Anwara Begum, a resident of Kazitula area alleged the city corporation is found to carry out their job occasionally, but at the end of the day there is no positive result.
According to field sources, ditches filled with water hyacinths, silted up drains, derelict ponds, garbage and stagnant water are ideal places of mosquitoes. The heaps of garbage on the city roads are also significant for the mosquito growth. The inadequate sewerage facility added to the mosquito trouble.
The mosquito breeding grounds are located at Kodamtoly, Jalopara, Patanpara, Uposhohor, Mirabazar, Shibgonj, Ambokhana, Modina Market areas.
Unless the breeding places are cleared, the permanent solution to the mosquito menace can hardly be solved, the sources concerned said.
Mayor of Sylhet City Corporation Ariful Haque Chowdhury said, the crush programme against mosquitoes was going on in all the 27 wards.
The abandoned drink-cans, containers, hidden trashes in the city are also the ideal breeding grounds for mosquitoes.
Prices of green chili and onion have registered a sharp rise in the kitchen markets of the Sylhet putting more pressure on consumers.
Prices of vegetables and other essential commodities have also gone up in the Sylhet city markets. Heavy rains and flooding throughout the country have caused vegetable shortages this year, skyrocketing their prices, market sources said.
This year most of the seedbeds of vegetables were damaged several times due to excessive rains that badly affected the early vegetables growers.
Taking advantage of the rise in demand, some unscrupulous traders hiked the prices of most essential commodities to make some extra profits, consumers alleged.
Price of green chili has increased to Tk 200-250 per kilogram from October 3 and it is still selling at the same price.
Keeping pace with green chili, prices of eggplant, okra, pointed-gourd, radish, ridge gourd and leafy vegetables have also soared in the Sylhet city markets.
Local onion was selling at Tk 80-90 per kg while imported onion was being sold at Tk 60-65 a kg in the Sylhet.
Price of local onion has increased by 42.11 percent, while price of imported onion rose by 60 percent in a month, according to data compiled by state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB).
Eggplant of different qualities was selling at Tk 70-80 a kg, Potol at Tk 55 a kg, radish at Tk 60 a kg, beans at Tk 90-100 a kg, bitter-gourd at Tk 70-80 a kg, okra at Tk 70 per kg, tomato at Tk 100-120 per kg, and carrot at Tk 70-80 per kg in the retail market.
Atikur Rahman, a private company employee in Uposhohor told that, “It’s been difficult for the middle-class people to maintain household expenses, as commodity prices have been increasing every day.”
Mosquito menace haunts dwellers: The Sylhet city people here have been suffering from mosquito menace for long. But, the authorities concerned are not taking any step to end the problem. The situation has now taken a serious turn.
Mosquitoes buzz around and bite the dwellers at night. The students, especially the PSC and JSC examinees, are worst sufferers, and they cannot prepare their lessons. The people living on the pavements and in slums are highly exposed to the menace.
“I have to use two or three coils everyday as protection from mosquito invasion at my house,” said Salim Uddin, a resident of Patanpara area.
The strategy of Sylhet City Corporation for eradiating mosquito, however, gives poor result as mosquitoes overcomes the cheaper insecticides, he added.
Anwara Begum, a resident of Kazitula area alleged the city corporation is found to carry out their job occasionally, but at the end of the day there is no positive result.
According to field sources, ditches filled with water hyacinths, silted up drains, derelict ponds, garbage and stagnant water are ideal places of mosquitoes. The heaps of garbage on the city roads are also significant for the mosquito growth. The inadequate sewerage facility added to the mosquito trouble.
The mosquito breeding grounds are located at Kodamtoly, Jalopara, Patanpara, Uposhohor, Mirabazar, Shibgonj, Ambokhana, Modina Market areas.
Unless the breeding places are cleared, the permanent solution to the mosquito menace can hardly be solved, the sources concerned said.
Mayor of Sylhet City Corporation Ariful Haque Chowdhury said, the crush programme against mosquitoes was going on in all the 27 wards.
The abandoned drink-cans, containers, hidden trashes in the city are also the ideal breeding grounds for mosquitoes.
