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| Flood hit people of Kashmir also hit by soaring prices of essentials commodities | | | Majid Nabi
SRINAGAR, Sept 5: Taking undue advantage of nature's blow, hoarders and black marketers in sheer violation of rules had resorted to unrequited 'loot' by means of withholding and overcharging of essential commodities in the flood hit valley.
People in most city areas complained severe dearth of essentials including vegetables, flour, milk and others as the vendors at the time when people were haggard due to incessant rainfall and disastrous flood had preserved necessary eatables to fleece people with the commoners blaming authorities for failing to arrange adequate supply of essentials in the valley.
"Onions and tomatoes are being sold at Rs 40 and Rs 50, respectively in Srinagar. Following the incessant rainfall, which affected traffic on the Srinagar-Jammu highway, vegetable and fruit vendors are selling vegetables and fruits on their own rates," Lateef Ahmad Dar a consumer told Early Times.
"Black marketers and profiteers are having a field day across Kashmir as rainfall and flood has given them an opportunity to fleece consumers. An artificial shortage of essentials has been created in the market by these black marketers to derive huge profits," said Lateef. The steep price rise is breaking the back of common man in Kashmir; many blame slack monitoring system of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Department (CAPD) for failing to curb profiteers and hoarders.
Shopkeepers were fleecing people with both hands on almost all essential commodities. Consumers claimed that broiler chickens were sold at exaggerated rate of Rs 110 to Rs 140 against the genuine rate of Rs 90 per kg.
"I bought chicken at Rs 110 per kg and when I argued with the shopkeeper over the exaggerated rate, he claimed that the rates of broiler chickens had gone up by Rs 20 per kg after rains as the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway is closed," claimed Gulshan Akhter, another consumer who could be seen bargaining with the retailer at Dalgate
Rahti, an aged woman from Ganpatyar area of the city had bought a kilogram of cauliflower for Rs 30 in Maharaja Bazaar saying it was surprising that prices of vegetables vary from market to market.
"In Batamaloo a kilogram of tomatoes and cauliflower are being sold at Rs 25 each while the prices are five rupees higher here in Maharaja Bazaar. The same holds true for other vegetables and it seems that the authorities have given a free deal to the vegetable vendors to fleece the consumers," said Rahti. |
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