The commerce ministry has directed all the district commissioners to ensure sale of potatoes at Tk 26-27 per Kg from Wednesday at cold storages.
The ministry issued a circular in this regard on Monday, Md Haider Ali, the public relation officer of the ministry, confirmed this on Tuesday.
The circular has been issued in accordance with the 3 (2) (B) of The Control of Essential Commodities Act-1956.
Under this provision of the act, the concerned deputy commissioners would take necessary steps to sell potatoes at government fixed prices from the cold storages under the jurisdiction of their respective districts in order to keep the market of potatoes stable.
In this regard, the deputy commissioners would designate a suitable official at district and upazila level to oversee the selling operations of potatoes at the cold storages at government fixed prices.
