The suspension of civilian transport on Srinagar-Jammu national highway for two days a week has fuelled price rise of essential items in Kashmir.
The prices of essential commodities and eatables have increased on average by over 30 percent since the highway closure order was issued.
This correspondent in order to assess the ground situation visited various markets in Srinagar. Everybody, from a retailer to a wholesaler, puts the onus of steep rise of prices on two day highway ban.
“Normally peas at this time of the year were sold at Rs 30-40 per kg, but currently it is priced above Rs 60. Similarly the price of onions per kg has gone above Rs 40. It was sold at Rs 15 per Kg before the ban,” said Abdul Rashid Dar, a vegetable wholesaler at Parimpora vegetable and fruit market.
