Price of fish, egg remains high

Staff Reporter :
The egg and the fish prices appear to have gone beyond the purchasing capacity of the middle and lower income group of people.
There is no fish except Chapila selling below Tk150 per kg and as for the eggs, it is Tk 150 per dozen.
 In the kitchen market, there is not a single vegetable selling bellow Tk 40 per kg except Papaya Potato and green Banana whereas the supply of vegetables are available in the market.
As a result, the people of the middle and lower income group are struggling to meet their demand.
After visiting few kitchen market- Karwan Bazar, Palashi, Hatirjill, Rampura, Kaptan Bazar, Mirpur and Banosri, it was seen that the shrimp sells at Tk 750-800. The cat fish was selling at Tk 500 to 600 at Baganbari, South Goran on Friday, taki machh at Tk 550, Papda at Tk 500-550 and boal machh at Tk 800 per kg.
Due to the government ban, there was no Hilsha fish in the market. The government imposed a 22-day ban on hilsa fishing from October 7. Hilsa catching, selling and transportation will remain prohibited during the period to ensure the safe spawning of the popular fish during its peak breeding period. The ban will remain in place till October 28.
The egg traders are selling per dozen eggs at Tk 150 whereas one week earlier it was Tk 135 and per dozen duck eggs at Tk 165 as it remain stable comparing last week.
Speaking to the New Nation, egg trade Abdul Mannan from Hatirpul said the price of egg is again going up. Within one week, Tk 10 has increased per dozen. The illegal syndicate has stated activities again.
He said people have cut down egg from their list and sales of egg drops significantly.
The scenario of the vegetables market is that bean and cauliflower are being sold at high price of Tk 160 per kg and Tk 40-50 per piece respectively.
On the other hand, the price of carrot, tomato and French has remained stable as those are being sold at Tk 120-130, Tk 140 (local), Tk 120 (Indian) and Tk 70-80 respectively.
Furthermore, brinjal is being sold at Tk 70-80, cucarbitaceous at Tk 50-70, green papaya at Tk 25-30, parble at Tk 50, bitter gourd at Tk 60-80, Arum-lobe, spone gourd, snake gourd are at Tk 50-60 per kilo.
In the kitchen market, the broiler chicken is being sold at Tk 190-195 whereas the Sonali (Popularly known as Pakistani cock) is being sold at Tk 300-320 and beef is being sold at Tk 720 and Mutton Tk 900.
A private service holder Muhid Hasan expressed his dissatisfaction saying that the traders have increased almost all daily commodities price by excusing the Russia- Ukraine war. But reality is every raw materials prices have dropped in international maker as it has no impact in our local market.
Shampa Das, a housewife from Rampura said we are extremely exhausted to maintain the expenditure of our family. There is no one to do anything for us. Every item price is continuously rising making huge pressure to us.