Mamata pays surprise visit to city market takes stock of onion prices

Kolkata | Monday | 9th December, 2019

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I have visited Jadubabur market in Bhowanipore today to check the market price," said Banerjee, who also posted a video of her visit to the market on Facebook. During the meeting, it was decided that all 935 fair price shops across the city will sell onions at Rs 59 per kg from Monday. As a result, fair price shops across the city saw unprecedented rush of customers during the day. "By the time I went to the fair price shop to buy onions, they were already sold out. "We welcome the initiative of selling onions through fair price shops," said Shantilal Jain, former chairman of Calcutta Tramways Company and a resident of Burrabazar..