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Rainwater enters rice godowns

Staple sells at Tk 2-5 a kg

Staff Correspondent
A huge quantity of stocked rice was damaged in the city's Mohammadpur Krishi Market as water entered many go-downs during the overnight torrential rains.
Sources said wholesalers were forced to sell their rice at prices ranging from Tk 2 to Tk 5akg.
Besides, vegetable brought in from different parts of the country to the wholesale markets in the capital were destroyed by rainwater.
From what was not destroyed in the rains, a huge quantity remained unsold in the markets as the waterlogging in the city as well as the wet day kept most buyers indoors.
As a result prices of the vegetables varied widely across the retail markets in the city, including the three largest wholesale markets at Karwan Bazar, Jatrabari and Shyam bazar.
Businessmen in Karwan Bazar said they received goods on time but the heavy rain kept buyers away. Most of the pensh -able goods rotted away and had to be thrown.
Green chili, one of the dearest in markets at the moment, sold at Tk 22 per kg yesterday whereas it was sold forTk 50 per kgonlyadayago.
A source at Karwan Bazar said, at least 50 to 60 tonnesoflal shak and pui shak (leaves) had to be thrown away as the heavy rainfall had completely destroyed the lot.
The warehouse at Kawran Bazar went under knee-deep water, which mainly caused the rotting of vegetables. Wholesale traders were compelled to sell what they could save at Tk 6 to 10 per kg in the early hours yesterday.
In Kansan Bazar and some nearby markets pui shak sold for as low as Tk 2 per kg and lai shak for Tk 2 per kg. Vegetables like potol. ladies finger, long beans and brinjal sold forTk 8 to 10 per kg. These items sold for around Tk 12 to 20 a few days back.
In other city markets as New Market. Hatir Pool and Mogh Bazar, traders who could not collect fresh goods sold leftover stock from the previous days at comparatively high prices.
Talking to The Daily Star. Masud Rana, manager of Ekata Rice Agency at Mohammadpur Krishi Market, said the rainwater entered around 100 rice stockrooms there and damaged at least 15.000 sacks of rice. Each sack contains 50 to 85 kgs office.
The wholesalers sold the wet rice from Tk 100 to Tk 500 per sack from morning till late at night, he said.
Market sources said people from different pans of the city flocked the market to buy rice at throwaway prices.
Besides, a huge amount of grocery items like pulses, salt, sugar and onion were destroyed.