Poultry sellers sell chicken at exorbitant rates in Kashmir, authorities mute
Pulwama: The chicken prices in the market have skyrocketed in Kashmir as the retailers are selling the chicken at much higher rates.
The consumers claim that the sellers are selling chicken at a much higher price and there is no one to monitor the rates of poultry products.
The poultry sellers seem to be giving no concern about the rates as people from across Kashmir are complaining that the chicken sellers have no regard for the rates set by the government authorities.
Shakeel Ahmad, a resident of Pulwama said that shopkeepers are selling chicken at Rs 170 per kg and whenever they are being asked about rates, they ask the customers to complain to government authorities about the issue.
Sameer Ahmad, a shopkeeper from Anantnag said that the retailers fall on the end of the sales chain and it is the whole sellers who fix the rates.
If authorities want to regulate the prices of the broiler chicken, they should act against the wholesale dealers, he said.
Other shopkeepers said that they are getting the broiler chicken at the rate of 155-160 rupees per Kg in wholesale, and selling it below Rs 170 will fetch them he loses.
Meanwhile, many consumers said that authorities are acting as mute spectators with negligible market checks in almost whole Kashmir; the poultry sellers are having a free hand to charge exorbitant rates.
The consumers appealed to the authorities to increase the market checking in the areas so that people feel some relief.
Jahangeer Ganaie
