Govt to sell essentials at fair price: Farida

City Desk :

Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter on Friday warned that the government would not spare anybody to be found responsible for price hike of essentials.

“Those who are involved with increasing the prices of food items unfairly would not be spared,” she said.

The adviser said this while inaugurating selling of milk, eggs and meat at fair price on the occasion of holy Ramadan at Siraj Mia Memorial Model School premises at Merul Badda area here on Friday morning, reports BSS.

She urged the students of the July mass uprising to raise their voice against the unscrupulous activities of a vested quarter to raise the price of essentials.

Noting that this Ramadan would be ‘different’, Farida Akhter said, “We will observe the holy fasting afresh in a free environment. So, we have to play utmost responsibility for welfare of the people.”

Reform something is not the only duty of the Interim Government, she said adding reducing the containing the high price of essentials is also an important task of the government to help people to breathe a sigh of relief.”

Farida Akhter said the government has taken steps to sell some very essential products at cost-effective price to people during Ramadan.

Under this initiative, the adviser said the animal food products will be sold in fair price at 25 spots in the Dhaka city from the first day of Ramadan and it will continue till Ramadan 28.
The spots are- Abdul Gani Road, Farmgate, 60-feet Road (Mirpur), Azimpur Matrisadan, Nayabazar (Old Dhaka), Banasree, Hajaribagh, Arambagh, Mohammadpur (Babar Road), Kalshi (Mirpur), Jatrabari (Maniknagar Galir Mukh), Shahajadpur (Badda), Karail basti-Banani, Kamrangir Char, Khilgaon (South side of Railway crossing), Nakhalpara (Lucas More), Segunbagicha kitchen market, Basila (Mohammadpur), Uttara (House Building), Rampura Bazar, Mirpur-10, Kalyanpur (Jhilpar) , Tejgaon, Bangabazar and Kakrail.