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The district’s cold storages recorded a stock of about 9,045 tonnes of potatoes yesterday, while it was about 18,000 tonnes two weeks ago.

Some unscrupulous businessmen are trying to create an artificial crisis in the market, Mozdar alleged.

The price of potato was still high in Rajshahi markets. Last year’s potatoes were being sold at Tk 60 per kg yesterday while newly produced ones were sold at Tk 100-120 per kg.

The district produced over 10 lakh tonnes of potatoes from 36,615 hectares of land last year. This year, potatoes were cultivated on 82 percent of targeted 37,014 hectares of land, according to DAE.

The district’s 36 cold storages have a total capacity of 4,18,400 tonnes of potatoes.