Bihar State Cooperative Market officials wear helmets for safety as they sell onions

As onion prices continued to rise in parts of country, long queues were seen to purchase onions from a Bihar State Cooperative Marketing Union Limited (Biscomaun) counter on Saturday, vember 30. Onions are being sold at 35/kg by officials of Bihar’s Cooperative Society while wearing helmets as a safety measure.

Safety first

Speaking to media, an official of Biscomaun Rohit Kumar said,  "re have been instances of stone-pelting and stampedes, so this was our only option. security has been provided to us." 

Earlier, Patna market also saw a huge bounce in price of onions. Onions are selling for Rs 100 per Kg approximately. Onion prices are skyrocketing due to unseasonal rains in growing states.

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Price of onion soar high

On Friday Bihar’s Cooperative Society (Biscoman) Patna on Friday sold onions at Rs 35 per kg at time when prices of same have soared up to Rs 70 in state. People thronged state secretariat and long queues were seen outside counters of Biscoman to buy onions. Though maximum limit of onion a person can get is 2kg, on showing wedding card people can receive 25 kg of onion at same rate.

“I am very happy that we received onions at only Rs 35 per kg whereas outside we are getting it at Rs 70 per kg. re is a long queue here but because I am physically handicapped so I was given preference and y gave me onions first,” Vid Narayan Jha, a local said.

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Sunil Singh, Biscoman Chairman said: “ government is buying onions from Rajasthan at Rs 60 per kg and with help of Biscoman is selling at Rs 35 per kg here. Also, if officials of or states can also contact us and we will do same we are doing here. This step is t by Biscoman but state government.”

He furr said this will continue till price of onion will drop to Rs 50 and a new batch reaches Patna. He also anunced that when price of pulses will soar to Rs 100 in state, Biscoman will sell it at Rs 60 per kg to help people and government in Bihar.

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(with ANI inputs)