Vegetable and fruit prices remained high at Ramadan Bazaars, as compared to the open market on Tuesday.
Only a few products were less expensive than the open market while a majority of commodities were expensive. Prices of apples, peach, mangoes, potatoes and onion were high at Ramadan bazaars. Apples were available for Rs 100 to 110 per kilogrammes while it was sold for Rs 90 per kilogrammes in the open market.
Mangoes were sold for Rs 65 per kilogrammes while in the open market, its price was Rs 60 per kilogrammes. Price of peach in the open market was Rs 50 per kilogrammes but at Ramadan Bazaars, it was sold for Rs 60 to 65 per kilogrammes. Potatoes were sold for Rs 30 per kilogrammes at Ramadan Bazaars while in the open market, its price remained Rs 24 to 28 per kilogrammes. Prices of onion at Ramadan Bazaars remained Rs 20 per kilogrammes while in the open market, its price was Rs 18 per kilogrammes.
But some products such as ginger and garlic were sold at lower prices as compared to the open market. Customers at the Shadman Ramadan Bazaar said that there is no difference between rates of the open market and government-established bazaars. They said that the Punjab government only wasted its energies and money to establish Ramadan Bazaars, which are useless.
Customer Mehmood Ahmed said that the Punjab government always puts efforts on useless things and there is no need of such bazaars, where prices are equal to the open market. “The Punjab government always fools the people by claiming to provide relief through Ramadan Bazaars,” he added.
