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Hooghly, July 13 (HS). Nowadays, the ever-increasing prices of food items, especially raw grains and green vegetables, have become a headache for people. But the West Bengal government is selling vegetables and raw grains at low prices at Sufal Bangla outlets. As a result, buyers are happy.
In fact, after inspecting the markets amid the rising prices of raw food items, the Hooghly district administration has started selling raw food items to satisfy the buyers. Vegetables are being sold at lower prices than the market on carts in front of the Hooghly District Magistrate's Office.
Hooghly District Horticulture Department has its own agricultural farm. Different types of vegetables are cultivated there. Spinach, papaya, brinjal, barbati, capsicum, tomato, cucumber, custard apple are produced according to the time. Vegetables are being cultivated in poly house during monsoon. Apart from this, other vegetables are being bought directly from the farmers and sold here and vegetables are being sold at a much lower price than the market.
Potal, prawns, pumpkin, papaya are being sold at ₹30 per kg, spinach at ₹40 per kg, cucumber at ₹50 per kg, brinjal at ₹80 per kg, potatoes at ₹28 per kg and onion at ₹38 per kg.
According to sources in the district horticulture department, all raw grains are being sold at a reduced price of Rs 2 per kg from the 'Sufal Bangla' outlet. This initiative has been taken by the Agriculture Department, Horticulture Department, Agricultural Marketing Department and Cooperative Department. Vegetables are sold through Farmer Producer Company Limited (FPC). There is no commission of middlemen when buying directly from farmers and selling to the common people, so it is possible to sell vegetables at a lower price. These vegetables are being sold daily from 8 am to 2 pm these days.
