Tomatoes were sold at Rs100 per kg, potatoes Rs100 per kg while onions price stood at Rs80
\nAbdul Hakeem Mohmand
\nPESHAWAR
\nPrices of vegetables have soared in Peshawar at a time when income of small businessmen and daily wagers have considerably dropped due to crisis sparked by Covid-19.
\nA survey conducted by Daily Lead Pakistan in Peshawar\u2019s vegetables market revealed that tomatoes were sold at Rs100 per kg, potatoes were also being sold at Rs100 per kg while onions price stood at Rs80.
\nPrices of other vegetables have also skyrocketed over the past few days with not a single item of daily consumption being sold at a price affordable to the poor and down-trodden class. \u201cGone are the days when you get green chilies and coriander for free with any vegetable,\u201d said Khurshed Ali, a daily wager.
\nRafia Bibi, a housewife from Peshawar\u2019s Afghan Colony complained, \u201cOn one end people have become jobless due Corona and failed policies of PM Imran Khan\u2019s government while on the other increasing prices of essential commodities have made our lives miserable.\u201d \u201cThis government has no check over the markets. Prices of vegetables have gone so high that you have to think twice before buying them,\u201d she said.
\nSaid Gulab, a rickshaw driver, however, lamented, \u201cI hardly earn Rs500 per day. I wonder whether to buy vegetables or bread for my four kids.\u201d
\nVegetable vendors expressed grave concern over the lockdown at various parts of the country, which, according to them, was the main reason for price hike of commodities of daily usage. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tomatoes were sold at Rs100 per kg, potatoes Rs100 per kg while onions price stood at Rs80 Abdul Hakeem Mohmand PESHAWAR Prices of vegetables have soared in Peshawar at a time when income of small businessmen and daily wagers have considerably dropped due to crisis sparked by Covid-19. A survey conducted by Daily Lead Pakistan […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-peshawar"],"yoast_head":"\n