Ayodhya verdict: People rush to Markets
Hyderabad, Sept 29 (INN): Despite appeals for calm by all the political parties and religious leaders, besides attempts to allay fears by top police officials, people in the city are apprehensive about communal harmony being disrupted in the wake of the verdict by Allahabad High Court over the Babri Masjid title suit, scheduled to be delivered on Thursday. The peoples apprehensions can be gauged by the large number of customers at the vegetable markets and kirana shops in the city.
Ever since news that the Supreme Court had lifted its interim stay on the verdict filtered through on Tuesday afternoon, the shopkeepers and vegetable vendors have been thronged by citizens, hoping to stock up on essentials. The vegetable markets in the Old City, which has witnessed numerous communal riots through the years, have been full of people buying all sorts of vegetables.
Mir Alam Mandi, Madannapet Mandi and the Ryuthu Bazaar in Falaknuma have overnight become the destinations. In fact, the vendors in Falaknuma Ryuthu Bazaar ran out of vegetables by Wednesday afternoon. Many people complained that the vendors were taking advantage of the uncertainty among the people have increased the prices.
Talking to INN, a Aliabad resident Kishore said that prices of vegetables like Tomatoes, potatoes and green leaves have hit the roof. His words were echoed by Shankar Rao, who said that tomatoes were being sold at Rs 16 per kg in Rythu Bazaar when the price was just Rs 8 per kg two days ago. The price of tomatoes at the Mir Alam Mandi was Rs 20 per kg. Similarly, potatoes were sold from Rs 15 per kg to Rs 20 per kg in the various markets. Even kirana shops were overcharging for essential commodities by raising the prices of rice, ata, pulses and edible oil. In fact, some kirana stores which did not hike the prices of essentials saw long queues of people waiting to buy pulses and good grain.
News Posted: 29 September, 2010
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