What will be the response of common people to increase the price of potatoes?
Even though the Baishakh temperatures have not yet become unbearable due to the oceanic cyclone, the price of potatoes in the Bengali grain market has been strained at the beginning of the new year. Prices of all types of potatoes have started to rise since the middle of Chaitra. Eid has already passed. Festivals like Gajan, Neel, Chadak, and New Year are just over. All in all, the demand for potatoes is high. In this situation, the price of potatoes seems to be running in line with the temperature.
Bapan Das, a retailer, said, “We could not have predicted that the price would rise so much within 10–15 days. At the end of March, a sack of Chandramukhi was Tk 900–950. Now I am buying for 1250 taka. Today's price of a sack of Jyoti potatoes bought at 650–700 taka is 1100 taka. Similarly,...