Jumbangla Desk: Despite the changing situation, the commodity price situation in the market is leaving an all-time record. The prices of all products are increasing due to the manipulation of the syndicate. Vegetables were not left out of their paws. In the capital's retail market, most of the vegetables are priced above Tk 100 per kg. Some have exceeded 300 rupees. The situation is such that the consumer is forced to buy eggplant for 150 taka. The same is the case with other vegetables. And in this fight, the prices of vegetables are skyrocketing first and foremost by the local traders and the capital's fariya traders syndicate. Basically, due to their manipulation, the farmers are selling the products at the price at the field level, the buyers in Dhaka are forced to buy at five times higher prices.

Recently, the price of fuel has decreased, and the transport fare has also decreased. With this, anonymous extortion has decreased on the streets. No law enforcement agencies. Still the price of the product did not decrease. Rather, it is increasing every day. Yugantar's research has shown that products go through several stages from producer to consumer. These include- local traders, traders, hawkers, wholesale traders, retail market etc. The price increases with each step. The price of vegetables is determined by adding everything up. Adding profit to this, the retailer is handing over the product to the consumer. However, there is a huge difference between the price that the consumer is buying and the selling price of the farmer. In fact, comparing the two ends (Dhaka and Trinamool level) it has been seen that the farmers are cheating by selling the products after production and the consumers are cheating by buying at high prices at the retail level in Dhaka. And everyone else is benefiting.

The investigation shows that due to the lack of storage system, farmers come to the local markets of Rangpur, Mymensingh and Manikganj every day to sell their produce. On Sunday, the local traders from the farmers of these places charged 30-35 taka per kg of eggplant, 28-30 taka of brinjal, 30-35 taka of bitter gourd, 30 taka of chichinga, 20-25 taka each of gourd, 25-30 taka of patol per kg, and 15-18 taka of papaya. , buys shrimp at 35-38 taka and sardines at 40-45 taka. The stall of this local trader in Dhaka's Kaowran market sells vegetables to traders. There they sell 55-60 rupees per kg of eggplant, 45 rupees of brinjal, 50 rupees of bitter gourd, 40-45 rupees of chichinga, 40-60 rupees of gourd, 42 rupees of patol, 25 rupees of papaya, 50 rupees of shrimp and 60 rupees of rice. Later, these Faria traders again sell Barab at Tk 85-90 per kg, eggplant at Tk 75-80, bitter gourd at Tk 60-65, chichinga at Tk 50-55, gourd at Tk 70-75 per kg, patol at Tk 60 per kg, papaya at Tk 38-40. , shrimp sells at 65-70 taka and 65-70 taka. This is how the price of vegetables has skyrocketed.

It does not end here. Wholesale traders again sell these vegetables to retailers at a profit of Tk 15 to Tk 20 or even Tk 30 per kg. Retailers are charging Tk 120-130 per kg for eggplant, Tk 150 for brinjal, Tk 80-90 for bitter gourd, Tk 70-75 for chichinga, Tk 100-110 per kg for gourd, Tk 85-90 for papaya per kg, Tk 50-70 for papaya, Tk 90 for shrimp and Tk. It sells to the general public at 80-90 rupees.