
CUTTACK:The district administration on Wednesday started supplying onions at ‘reasonable prices’ at different places in the city after retailers were reported to be cashing in on artificial shortage by charging `25 to `30 in some localities.
Cuttack Civil Supply Officer (CSO) Amar Mahapatra said, “Stalls have been set up at three Maitree outlets at CDA, Buxi Bazar and College Square and the tuber is being sold at `17 per kg. We are supplying a kg per head at the current wholesale rate on no-profit basis,” Mahapatra said.
The stalls for supplying one kg onion to consumers per day were part of an action plan to ensure that the prices remained under check, he said adding that total 2.6 quintals of onions were sold to residents at reasonable price at three Maitree stalls on Wednesday.