Vegetable price are surging like never before in Guwahati. A wave of unease has swept across Guwahati as grocery store and vegetable markets grapple with an unprecedented surge in prices.
A task force has been constituted by Kamrup (Metro) District Administration to inspect various markets across Guwahati.
Officials from the Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs inspected various markets across Guwahati to check deviant pricing behaviour and instruct vendors to adhere to stipulated prices.
The initiative was taken to control the incidence of price rise of vegetables in public interest. Two lists of vegetable prices were received by the task force at the end of today’s operation from the Ganeshguri vegetable market.
As per sources, the task force instructed the vendors to display the price list of vegetables in front of their shops on a daily basis. They further directed the vendors to sell vegetables at a profit of Rs 5-10. Strict warning has been issued to vendors who do not follow the instructions. Four teams have been conducting raids in different parts of Guwahati since morning today.