The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

The government should proclaim the Consumer Rights Preservation Act as an ordinance immediately said the speakers at a discussion meeting titled "The Cause and Solution of Excessive Price Hike of Fish and Vegetables in The Retailing Market Compared to The Whole Sell Market" organised by Consumer Association of Bangladesh (CAB) at its office yesterday.

They also demanded stern action against the culprits responsible for intolerable price hike of daily essentials by forming syndicates in the market.

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Borhan Ahmed, president of CAB, said the politicisation of the City Corporation in allocating shops and leasing out of kitchen market at high rate are the major causes of price hike. The wholesalers always tried to swindle the retailers, he added.

He urged the consumers and the small businessmen to wage a movement to stop these irregularities.

He disclosed statistics of price of fish and vegetables that varies from market to market. The seller at Hatirpul and New Market are taking over 99.18 per cent in vegetables and 37.48 per cent in fish compared to those at Kawran Bazar. The sellers of Fakirapul and Thatari Bazar are taking over 93.54 per cent in vegetables and 45.86 per cent in fish compared to those at Jatrabari.

Kazi Faruk, General Secretary of CAB; Anwar Hossain Sikder, president of Fish and Kitchen Market Small Businessmen Society of Dhaka Metropolitan, among others, were present at the meeting.