Jashore Correspondent :
The price of vegetables in Jashore kitchen markets shot up due to the hike in fuel price, adding woes to the fixed-income people who are already overburdened with the soaring prices of daily essentials.
The traders have claimed that the hike in fuel price, coming into effect from Friday last, directly affected the vegetable markets as the price of all vegetables rose from Tk 5 to Tk 10 per kg.
The customers expressed dissatisfaction over the price hike of vegetables in the local markets, including the retail shops.
Jashore vegetables account for a lion share of supply in the country.
During a recent visit to the Satmaile retail market on Sunday, this UNB correspondent learnt that many local traders have purchased vegetables from the market and supplied these to different parts of the country.
The traders said following the hike in fuel price, the price of vegetables also shot up ranging from Tk 10 to Tk 15 per kg and they feared suffering a loss.
Babu, a vegetable wholesale trader, said “The transport cost has also increased from Tk 5000 to Tk 7000 and the truck drivers took an extra Tk 5 for per kg vegetables and I don’t know how much profits I would earn after selling my products.”
Abdul Sobhan, the owner of the market, said a vegetable-laden truck demanded more money as the transport cost rose from Tk 5,000 to Tk 7,000 to go to Dhaka from Jashore and the price of per kg vegetables including eggplant, bean, pointgourd, bottlegourd, papaya, snake bean, radish, bitter gourd also were up from Tk 5 to Tk 7 per kg. After reaching Dhaka, the price of vegetables increases three times.
