Andhra Pradesh

Onion sale at rythu bazars

Correspondent

Officials asked to keep tab on sale of essential commodities

Kakinada: The district administration, as a market intervention, has made arrangements for sale of onion at Rs.7 a kg securing supplies from Nasik and rice at Rs.10.50 a kg involving rice millers and wholesalers.

It has also made arrangements for the sale of dals at comparatively cheaper rates – red gram at Rs. 28 a kg, black gram at Rs. 29 a kg, green gram at Rs. 34 kg, bengal gram at Rs. 32 a kg. All these are being made available at rythu bazars in Kakinada, Rajahmundry, Peddapuram and Ravulapalem. District Collector M. Subrahmanyam has asked tahasildars, RDOs and mandal civil supplies officers to keep a strict vigil on the sale of the essential commodities and has warned of stringent action against those indulging in hoarding and black marketing.

Addressing the officials through a teleconference here on Wednesday, he said that 137 tonnes of onion were received from Nasik and kept ready at all the rythu bazars for sale at Rs.7 a kg per head.

Adequate stock of Swarna variety of rice was also kept for sale at Rs.10.50 a kg by enlisting the support of rice millers and wholesale traders. He said 25 kg of rice would be supplied per head at Rs.10.50 a kg without insisting on the white card.

Already, some 125 quintals of rice was sold. the Collector made it clear that the traders should obtain licence for stocking of dals.

Stocks would be seized in case they exceeded 1,000 quintals. He said tamarind also was being made available at rythu bazars by involving the Girijan Cooperative Corporation.

Tamarind (seed variety) was priced at Rs.14 a kg, seedless first quality Rs. 28 a kg and second quality Rs. 20 a kg.

© Copyright 2000 - 2009 The Hindu