News Desk: Going to Dhanmondi’s Rayerbazar, Mohammadpur’s Kantasur and Krishi Market Raw Bazaar, it is seen that the prices of the vegetables that are needed to make Iftar have gone up suddenly. The vegetables which were sold in the market at 40 to 50 tk per kg a few days ago, are now being sold by traders at one and a half to two times higher prices.

Meanwhile, despite the lockdown, there was a crowd of buyers selling vegetables in the market yesterday. Many of those who had bought dry goods — rice, pulses, oil, onions আগে before the lockdown, came to the market yesterday to buy vegetables.

However, many people in the market were not seen to follow the hygiene rules. Especially traders have been seen indifferent in this regard. Many traders were not seen wearing masks on the pretext of talking to buyers and feeling hot. Apart from this, even though the raw material market was shifted from the main place, the physical distance of the buyers who came to the market due to the crowd could not be observed.

Riaz Uddin, a vegetable trader in the agricultural market, sells eggplant at Rs 100 per kg, cucumber at Rs 120 and raw chilli at Rs 80 per kg. “We also have to sell at higher prices due to rising prices in the wholesale market,” he said.

We went to Rayerbazar at 11:30 in the afternoon and saw, 70 to 80 tk per kg of gram, Kheera 50-60 tk, Potatoes are being sold at 20-25 tk. And the besan of anchor dal is 60 to 70 tk And traders are selling boot pulses at Rs 110-120. One kg of local lentils is being kept at 110 tk. In this market too, the prices of cucumber, eggplant and green chillies are as high as in other markets of the capital.

Several traders said, “The supply of raw materials in Dhaka is less due to the lockdown. Transportation costs have also increased significantly. For these reasons, the price is a little higher than before. But buyers say vegetable prices have risen sharply. The prices of some vegetables have gone up from one and a half to two times more than before. ”

Visiting the caravan market in the afternoon, it is seen that vegetables like barbati, patol, karla, dhandas, lati, chichinga are being sold at Rs 60 to 70 per kg. 15-20 tk tomatoes are now 40 tk per kg. And the sellers are pushing the price of new shrimp to Rs 80 per kg.