rawalpindi - The Ramazan Sasta Bazaar, established at Chour howk Peshawar Road, is providing relief to consumers by selling edible items at affordable rates during the sacred month of Ramadan.
The management of the Sasta Bazaar, one of the eight bazaars set up by the district government in Rawalpindi city, has been keeping the prices of fruit and vegetables under a strict control, according to a survey conducted by The Nation on Thursday.
The price list displayed in Sasta Bazaar showed that the rates of most fruits and vegetables were much lower in comparison to their prices in the open market. Even some shopkeepers and vendors were selling fruits and other grocery items lower than the price list issued by the government.
Consumers maintained that they were relieved to see a substantial difference in the prices of food items including vegetables, fruits, grocery, beef, egg, chicken, sugar, flour etc. Ahmed Khan, a resident of Chakra, told The Nation that he had purchased top notch quality food items at a very reasonable rate. He added , “when I compared the price with that of the open market, I felt as if I had bought the items for free in Sasta Bazar.”
Another consumer shared the same sentiments of joy and told that the arrangements in the Bazaar are perfect and the district administration is monitoring the price and availability of the edible items on daily basis.
The vendors, during an interaction session with the correspondent told that even at such low price point, they were still making profit.
A vendor named Shakeel Khan said, “I bring two Suzuki-loads of fruits from sabzi mandi daily and praise be to Allah, I am earning good amount of money from my sales at the rate fixed by the district government.”
An official of district government said that the Ramazan Sasta Bazaar has influenced the open markets in the area as shopkeepers found themselves bound to sell their commodities at reasonable prices in order to keep their businesses running.
