ISLAMABAD: The residents of the twin cities on Monday expressed grave concern over General Nanbai Association’s (GNA) unilateral decision to raise the prices of roti and naan, and complained about the less weight of the commodity being sold at different tandoors.
Due to an increase in demand with the arrival of chilly weather and low or zero gas pressure, tandoors are thronged by customers and the owners mint money through self-imposed inflation and price hike.
The price of different sorts of bread has been increased from Rs2 to Rs10 for khamiri roti, while patiri now costs Rs8 instead of Rs7. Prices of parathas and roghni-naan have also increased from Rs5 to Rs25 each, and kulcha now costs Rs12 instead of Rs10.
Sardar Farooq, a Nanbai in G-13/1, while talking to APP said that due to rise in prices of LPG cylinder and increase in shop rent the cost of production of the commodity has gone up and they were forced to revise prices.
A customer Saqlain said 120 grams of naan and patiri were very rare to find on the tandoors of the federal capital and no authority was there to take action for enhancing prices unilaterally.
He regretted that low-income families were now facing difficulty in paying an extra price as they could not afford the high cost.
An official from the deputy commissioner’s (DC) office informed that notified rates in the capital were Rs7 for Patiri, Rs8 for Naan, Rs10 for Kulcha and each has to weigh 120 grams.
“Citizens should register complaints to the control room of the Deputy Commissioner’s office and inform them about the illegal hike in prices,” the official said.