Food items become costlier

Wheat hoarding and smuggling that has already wreaked havoc and created flour shortage has eventually pushed up the price of Roti, which is now selling at Rs 5. When this scribe contacted the Price Control Committee, the Nazim and District Coordination Officer to know whether the bread loaf makers association had consulted them before increasing the Roti price, they said 'no'.
In Melody Food Park, oily bread loaf is selling at Rs 10 while starch bread loaf at Rs 6, simple bread loaf Rs 5 while bread loaf baked with potato mash is selling at Rs 15. Poor men are seen standing in long queues in front of utility stores to purchase a flour bag as these stores are providing a 20-kg bag at a subsidised rate of Rs 260 while the price of the same bag in local market is Rs 380.