ISLAMABAD (APP) The high cost of vegetables and fruits in almost every market is disappointing the buyers in the Federal Capital. According to a survey conducted here on Sunday, the prices of vegetables including onion, potato, garlic, beans, cauliflower and cucumber remained high even after passage of Eid-ul-Azha. However, the market sources held responsible the low supply against the rising demand, for this price hike. The prices of vegetables including onion, potato, garlic and cauliflower remained at Rs. 60-70 per kg, Rs.30 to 40 per kg, Rs.90 per kg and Rs.60 per kg respectively. However, prices of tomato, spinach, and green coriander registered some decrease. The tomato was being sold at Rs.50-60 per kg as compared to Rs.100 plus during last week. The prices of fruits including pomegranate, apple and guava was also out of the reach of common man as these were being sold at Rs.150, Rs.120 and Rs.60 per kilogram by the vendors. The prices of banana remained from Rs.40 to Rs.80 per dozen.Khalid Bilal, a resident of I-10 Sector criticized district price control committee saying, it was only monitoring prices at weekly bazaar while the shopkeepers and vendors at Fruit and Vegetable Market (Sabzi Mandi) and other big and small markets fix prices of fruits and vegetable at their own. He said that the shopkeepers and vendors in the markets do not bother to display price list and were selling fruits vegetables on exorbitant rates.Faheem Amjad, a private employee informed that a large number of consumers could not spare time to visit weekly bazaars and were forced to purchase different food items especially fruits and vegetables from the nearby markets at high prices. People have demanded of the administration to ensure not only displaying of rate lists in all the markets including Sabzi Mandi but also keep an eye on the quality of the fruits and vegetables aimed at protecting them from different diseases.