LAHORE: Mainly increasing trend recorded in the prices of all essential perishable items this week while the district management remained busy on social media governance model where it believes sharing a price list is sufficient to enforce official rates in the City.
Interestingly, the sellers across the City keep displaying the rate list at their shops and carts but they refuse to sell the items at the official rates. Those argue on it, the sellers ask to go somewhere else where the items are sold at official rates.
Besides the perishable items which rates are fixed on daily basis, the meat shops sellers are also openly violating the rates while they are sitting at their permanent shops. This week price of chicken live bird increased by Rs50 per kg, fixed at Rs256 per kg, sold at Rs280-300 per kg, and chicken meat by Rs30 per kg, fixed at Rs384 per kg, and sold at Rs410-700 per kg. The price of potato soft skin new A-grade was declined by Rs10 per kg, fixed at Rs67-72 per kg, B-Grade Rs63-68 per kg, C-grade fixed at Rs55-60 per kg, not sold, potato sugar-free A-grade gained by Rs3 per kg, fixed at Rs50-55 per kg, sold at Rs80-100 per kg, B-grade fixed at Rs44-48 per kg, sold at Rs70 per kg, potato white fixed at Rs35-38 kg, sold at Rs50 per kg.
The price of onion A-grade was increased by Rs20, fixed at Rs88-92 per kg, sold at Rs140 per kg, B-grade at Rs73-78 per kg, sold at Rs100 per kg, and C-grade at Rs68-73 per kg, sold at Rs80-85 per kg.
The price of tomato A-grade increased by Rs10 per kg, fixed at Rs123-128 kg, sold at Rs160-180 per kg, B-grade fixed at Rs15-122 per kg, and C-grade at Rs106-112 per kg, B&C sold at Rs140-150 per kg.
The price of garlic local reduced by Rs5 per kg, fixed at Rs210-220 per kg, sold at Rs280-320 per kg, and garlic Chinese price increased by Rs10 per kg, fixed at Rs270-290 sold at Rs350-400 per kg.
The price of Ginger Thai reduced by Rs30 per kg, fixed at Rs267-280 per kg, and Chinese reduced by Rs45 per kg, fixed at Rs252-265 per kg, both sold at Rs320-350 per kg.
Cucumber farm price reduced by Rs60 per kg, fixed at Rs80-84 per kg, sold at Rs120-140 per kg and cucumber local sold at Rs200 per kg.
Brinjal price declined by Rs15 per kg, fixed at Rs70-74 per kg, sold at Rs80-100 per kg. Bitter gourd price increased by Rs25 per kg, fixed at Rs145-150 per kg, sold at Rs160-200 per kg.
Zucchini local white price reduced by Rs10 per kg, fixed at Rs140-145 per kg, sold at Rs180-200 per kg.
The price of lemon local declined by Rs80 per kg, fixed at Rs190-200 per kg, sold at Rs300 per kg, lemon Chinese by Rs40 per kg, fixed at Rs125-130 per kg, sold at Rs180-200 per kg.