Sylhet Correspondent :
Consumers of Sylhet city are on some extra pressure as the prices of vegetable in Sylhet city kitchen markets have gone uncontrollably high over the last one months.
The prices are higher than the usual rate at the corresponding period last year. Prices of some of the items have shot up by Tk 25 to Tk 30 per kg making in unaffordable for many residents of the city.
During a visit to different kitchen markets in the city on Saturday this correspondent found the upward trend prices of vegetables but the sellers connot explain the reasons of this trend.
At Bondorbazar and Brommoye bazars eggplants were sold at Tk 75-85 per kg, Tomatoes at Tk 55-60 and common beans at Tk 100 per kg. In those markets gourds, snake gourds, pointed gourd and radishes are being sold at Tk 60-65, okra at Tk 65-70, carrots at Tk 45-50 and cucumber at Tk 45-50. At the markets, only the price of papayas was found stable, selling between Tk 20 and Tk 25. But the rest are being sold at a higher rate.
Prices of all these vegetables, except bean and tomato, were between Tk 40-50 per kg since the Eid-ul-Azha.
Abdur Bari, a trader at Brommoye bazars said, “The price is going up and up and none can put a reign on it. We don’t know the reasons for the prices’ going up.”
Rubel, a buyer at Bondorbazar Kitchen Market, expressed his annoyance saying, “I have nothing to say about the prices of vegetables. After buying some tomatoes, I’m thinking I could have bought some apples instead.
“Alomgir Hossain, a trader at the same market, said, “It’s not that only we are selling at a higher rate. We are also buying vegetables at an increased rate from the depots.
The prices in wholesale market are high.” However, observers found a reason behind the prices’ hike. They said, “The summer vegetables season is nearing the end and the winter vegetables are yet to come to the market.
That’s why the prices are higher than usual.”
“Floods in different parts of the country have led to less production of winter vegetables. The current situation has occurred due to lack of vegetables supply in the market. These rates will remain this month,” they claimed. The traders of the kitchen markets also hoped that the prices likely to drop from next month.
Consumers of Sylhet city are on some extra pressure as the prices of vegetable in Sylhet city kitchen markets have gone uncontrollably high over the last one months.
The prices are higher than the usual rate at the corresponding period last year. Prices of some of the items have shot up by Tk 25 to Tk 30 per kg making in unaffordable for many residents of the city.
During a visit to different kitchen markets in the city on Saturday this correspondent found the upward trend prices of vegetables but the sellers connot explain the reasons of this trend.
At Bondorbazar and Brommoye bazars eggplants were sold at Tk 75-85 per kg, Tomatoes at Tk 55-60 and common beans at Tk 100 per kg. In those markets gourds, snake gourds, pointed gourd and radishes are being sold at Tk 60-65, okra at Tk 65-70, carrots at Tk 45-50 and cucumber at Tk 45-50. At the markets, only the price of papayas was found stable, selling between Tk 20 and Tk 25. But the rest are being sold at a higher rate.
Prices of all these vegetables, except bean and tomato, were between Tk 40-50 per kg since the Eid-ul-Azha.
Abdur Bari, a trader at Brommoye bazars said, “The price is going up and up and none can put a reign on it. We don’t know the reasons for the prices’ going up.”
Rubel, a buyer at Bondorbazar Kitchen Market, expressed his annoyance saying, “I have nothing to say about the prices of vegetables. After buying some tomatoes, I’m thinking I could have bought some apples instead.
“Alomgir Hossain, a trader at the same market, said, “It’s not that only we are selling at a higher rate. We are also buying vegetables at an increased rate from the depots.
The prices in wholesale market are high.” However, observers found a reason behind the prices’ hike. They said, “The summer vegetables season is nearing the end and the winter vegetables are yet to come to the market.
That’s why the prices are higher than usual.”
“Floods in different parts of the country have led to less production of winter vegetables. The current situation has occurred due to lack of vegetables supply in the market. These rates will remain this month,” they claimed. The traders of the kitchen markets also hoped that the prices likely to drop from next month.
