With the prices of potatoes, the staple ingredient of any Bengali dish, skyrocketing, export of the vegetable from West Bengal to other states has been barred for the time being, it was announced on Friday.
With prices of essential commodities, including vegetables shooting up considerably on the eve of the Durga Pujas, chief secretary Manoj Pant will convene a high-level meeting at the state secretariat tomorrow in order to put a check on price rise, said sources at Nabanna.
With a section of potato traders having struck work since Saturday, fear of price escalation of the essential vegetable is likely from tomorrow.
The vegetarian thali has become dearer by 9% to Rs 27.8 in May due to costlier vegetables marking a surge from Rs 25.5 same month last year, according to ratings agency CRISIL.
A couple, while at work in their vegetable farmland died after being struck by lightning at a village in Barjora block here this morning.
Spelling relief ahead of Navratri and Diwali festivals, the onion traders on Tuesday morning resumed the auction of the teary vegetable in all the APMCs in the district after calling off their 13-day long strike late on Monday.
According to the vegetable vendors too, there will be no reduction in price in the near future amid the shortfall in supply.
The director, Tandrust Punjab Mission, KS Pannu said teams comprising of the officials of health department and the horticulture department, searched the mandis for rotten and unscientifically ripened fruits and vegetables, unfit for human consumption.
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