Prices of vegetables and fruits down

The price of tomato on Friday was quoted at Rs 38 per kg, in G-9/4 Juma'a Bazaar. This was a huge climb down from Rs 140, reported three days back. Probably the Supreme Court ruling urging implementation of price control measures might have had brought down the prices of essentials.
At the end of Ramazan, the rates of vegetables and fruits have also come down in the weekly Bazaar by about Rs 20. On Friday banana was sold at Rs 30, guava at Rs 25, grapes Rs 70 per kg and apple at Rs 60 per kg. But some items are still being sold at above the Ramadan prices, such as green chilies at Rs 56 per kg, Potatoes Rs 56 and Rs 84, onion at Rs 120 per five kg, lemon Rs 120 per kg, cucumbers above Rs 50, and a stalk of radish at Rs 15.
Leaven bread (Nan) which is still being sold at Rs 4 per piece is the major source of concern for daily labourers, taxi drivers and poor section of the society, who consume the bread along with onion or lentils, after doing outdoor menial work.
However, the Juma or Itwar Bazaar has not moved to its new location, as reported by this scribe on October 14, following an announcement by Mustafain Kazmi, the CDA director in charge of Bazaars. "We have put the shifting on hold for security reasons," he told Business Recorder when asked about the reason for delay in shifting.