KALADAN PRESS
Dated:
PRICES
FALL IN
Maungdaw, November 10: Prices of essentials,
which shot up with the advent of Ramadan Month (Sabbath month), have started
falling in local markets, said a trader from
Prices of items like turmeric, petrol had registered
moderate rise but vegetables virtually went beyond the reach of the common man,
he further added.
Now, price of rice has come down to Kyat 200 to 160 per kg
from Kyat 250 a week back. Per Viss (1 Viss= 1.75) onion sold at Kyat 700, down from Kyat 800,
garlic at Kyat 700, down from 750, pea at Kyat 700 per kg, down from 900, sugar
at Kyat 650 down from 700,one can (250gms) condensed milk Kyat 400, down from
450, potato Kyat 250, down from 240, eggplant Kyat 150, down from 160, green chilli at Kyat 600, down from 650, dry chilli
Kyat 1,200, down from 1,500, kerosene Kyat 1,600 per gallon, down from 2,200,
said another trader to our source.
Prices of fishes have also come down substantially
following increased supply in markets because of favorable season of catching
fishes, he further said.
But prices of tea, egg, edible oil, beef, meat of buffalo, mutton and chicken remained the same. A Viss of beef was selling at Kyat 2,800, meat of buffalo at
Kyat 2,600, mutton at 2,600 and one kg of chicken at Kyat 1,200, one cup of tea
at Kyat 60, one egg at Kyat 60, a gallon of edible oil at Kyat 1450 and a Tical of gold is being sold Kyat 1,55,000
yesterday at Maungdaw market, according to our
sources.
Although the prices of some essentials have come
down, the lives of the people in the north Arakan,
where starvation has been prevailing are under threat as the people are mostly
jobless and have no money to buy any food, said a village elderly people.
On 9th of November 2003, the exchange rate of one US
Dollar in the black market is Kyat 910 and
For further information, please contact at:-
E-mail: [email protected]