SHILLONG: Deputy Commissioner (Supply) Sanjay Goyal on Wednesday said that the district administration is seized of the matter related to price rise of certain commodities in the recent past. This comes at a time when rates of essential commodities like onions have sky rocketed.
It may be mentioned that the district level price monitoring committee headed by the DC sits regularly every 15 days to monitor the prices which are fixed accordingly in respect of certain important commodities.
The price of the Red Onion has been fixed at Rs 35-45 per kg while the wholesale price of 100 kg of red onions has been fixed at Rs 2500 to 3500.
Goyal warned that any instance of higher charging may be brought to the notice of the DC or the supply staff of the DC office.
He also issued a strict warning to anybody trying to hoard these commodities to create artificial shortage.
The district administration has detailed officers for surprise checks in various storage places and business establishments to this effect.
FKJGP concerned over hike
The FKJGP has expressed concern the rise in the price of the essential commodities which has badly affected the common man. “We have received many complaints from the people about the rise in the price of the essential commodities,” FKJGP information secretary Eldie Newton Lyngdoh said in a statement issued here on Wednesday.
While urging to check the hoarding of goods by the shops, Lyngdoh also threatened that they would take stringent action if they found any shopkeepers being involved in the hoarding of goods.