Fisheries and livestock adviser Farida Akhter on Friday inaugurated selling of milk, eggs and meat at fair price on the occasion of holy Ramadan at Siraj Mia Memorial Model School premises at Merul Badda in the capital Dhaka.
She warned that the government would not spare anybody to be found responsible for price hike of essentials.
鈥楾hose who are involved with increasing the prices of food items unfairly would not be spared,鈥� she said.
She urged the students of the July mass uprising to raise their voice against the unscrupulous activities of a vested quarter to raise the price of essentials.
Noting that this Ramadan would be 鈥榙ifferent,鈥� Farida said, 鈥榃e will observe the holy fasting afresh in a free environment. So, we have to play utmost responsibility for welfare of the people.鈥�
Reform is not the only duty of the interim government, she said adding, 鈥楥ontaining the high price of essentials was also an important task of the government to help people to breathe a sigh of relief.鈥�
Farida Akhter said that the government had taken steps to sell some essential products at cost-effective price to people during Ramadan.
Under this initiative, the adviser said that animal food products would be sold at fair prices at 25 spots in the Dhaka city from the first day of Ramadan and it would continue till Ramadan 28.
The spots are- Abdul Gani Road, Farmgate, 60-feet Road (Mirpur), Azimpur Matrisadan, Nayabazar (Old Dhaka), Banasree, Hajaribagh, Arambagh, Mohammadpur (Babar Road), Kalshi (Mirpur), Jatrabari (Maniknagar Galir Mukh), Shahajadpur (Badda), Karail basti-Banani, Kamrangir Char, Khilgaon (South side of Railway crossing), Nakhalpara (Lucas More), Segunbagicha kitchen market, Basila (Mohammadpur), Uttara (House Building), Rampura Bazar, Mirpur-10, Kalyanpur (Jhilpar) , Tejgaon, Bangabazar and Kakrail.
The adviser said that dressed broiler chicken would be sold at Tk 250 a kilogram, pasteurized milk at Tk 80 a litre, eggs at Tk 114 a dozen and beef at Tk 650 a kilogram.
The Department of Livestock Services and Dairy development project, Bangladesh Poultry Industries Central Council, Bangladesh Daily and Fattening Farmers Association, milk processing organisations, other participants鈥� and small farmers are providing support to the fair price programme.
Director general of the DLS M Abu Sufian presided over the function while fisheries and livestock secretary M Tofazzal Hossen, Dhaka North City Corporation administrator Mohammad Ejaz, Bangladesh Milk Producers Co-operative Union Limited (Milk Vita) chairman Commander Zahirul Alim, LDDP project director M Jashim Uddin, BDFFA president Mohammad Iqbal Hossain, BPICC president Shamsul Arefin Khaled and representatives of Anti-Discrimination student platform were present.
