prices of onions are rising
in the Capital, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit wrote to Union Agriculture
Minister SharadPawar on Tuesday requesting him to curtail onion exports in
order to stabilise prices. Onion prices remained high in the Capital at
Rs.60-80 per kg even as wholesale rates fell by Rs.5 per kg on increased supply.
Sheila Dikshit Delhi
Government held a high-level meeting over the rising in onion prices and
decided to arrange its sale at low rates by deploying 50 mobile vans across the
city. The vans will be visiting various localities to ensure sale of onions at
the door to door of citizens of Delhi.Department of Food and Civil Supplies and
Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (Azadpur) has been requested to work
in tandem to start deployment of vans from Saturday.
In the meeting, attended
among others by Development Minister Raj Kumar Chauhan and Food and Civil
Supplies Minister Haroon Yusuf, it was decided that strict action will be taken
against hoarders and black marketers.
Delhi Government will also
request other States such as Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, from
where stocks arrive in the Delhi, to do the same action on hoarders and black
marketers.
