Lower income people of Magura are feeling relieved as the government has started open market sale (OMS) programme in the district to reduce the burden of price hike of rice.
Abu Taleb, a van puller of the town, said the price of rice had gone beyond his reach. But now he is getting rice at Tk24 a kg from the OMS market against the market price of Tk36.
Kalu Shekh, an easy bike driver of the town, said he needed at least five kilogrammes of rice for his family every day. And he was struggling to buy the amount of rice needed for his family as the price went up.
“But now OMS programme is helping me to save at least Tk60 every day as I can now but rice at lower price,” he said.
The programme started on Sept 15. Now, people can by per kilogramme rice at Tk24 from OMS.
A total of 9 dealers have been recruited, and each of them has been receiving a tonnes of rice per day to sell in the market.
Price of rice has registered a sharp rise throughout the country.
One kilogramme of rice of coarse variety is selling in the market at Tk36, medium quality rice between Tk40 and 45.
Two months back coarse rice was selling at Tk28 and medium quality rice between Tk34-Tk38.
