Mithi
Prices of fruits, vegetables, milk, chicken, meat and consumable items have been jacked up by the shopkeepers and vendors across the district with the start of holy month of Ramazan.
The defiant profiteers are not displaying the rate lists being issued by the district government and fleece the consumers as per their greedy will.
Unfortunately, the authorities concerned are seemingly in slumber as the brigade of special price magistrates are not paying surprise visits to markers to check the looting spree of profiteers and hoarders.
The consumers are worried as to how they will be able to meet the needs of their families due to exorbitant prices of fruits and vegetables during sacred month of Ramazan. They appealed the Chief Minister Sindh, Commissioner Division, and Deputy Commissioner Tharparkar to initiate legal action against the profiteers.
According to a survey, conducted by media team, the price of all vegetables including potatoes, onion, tomatoes, ginger, garlic, green chillies, mint, lemon and coriander have been increased from Rs 50 to Rs 300 per kg in sheer violation of price lists issued by the district government’s price control committee.
In the markets, shopkeepers and vendors are selling all vegetables, Fruit’s at Rs 70 to 90 per kg instead of Rs 50-54 per kg, they were selling a day before start of Ramazan. Price of chicken has been raised from 100 per kg
Following the footsteps of vegetable and fruit sellers, the milkmen are also involved in looting public with both hands by selling milk in over price.
Mithi,Chachro,Diplo,Chelhar,Islamkot,Kaloi,Danodhandhal, Nangarparkar and suburbs are areas where the shopkeepers and vendors are fleecing the citizens without any check and balance on part of government.
A resident Mithi city while talking to Newsmen, said that the vendors and shopkeepers have set up stages for rampant profiteering during Ramazan. He said Pakistan was a unique country where prices of fruits and daily use items always turn sky-high in the month of Ramazan, and the government machinery and administration always fail to control the artificial price hike despite the fact the district administrations constitute price control committees every year.
A Villager Ali Hassan said that no price magistrate, assistant commissioner or any government official is bothered to carry out surprise visits in the areas to arrest the profiteers and hoarders.
Many other consumers said that prices of vegetables and fruits have also witnessed a sharp increase on first day of Ramazan.
They appealed the government to take stern action against hoarders and profiteers.
No official of district government was available for his/her comments on massive looting spree launched by profiteers in Rawalpindi.
