Traders cautioned against hiking price
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, May 13 2023:
Manipur Keithel Nupi Marup has asked traders to should stop hiking prices of es-sential commodities by taking undue advantage of the present restive situation in the state.
In a release, Marup general secretary L Mema pointed out that the ethnic clash between two communities killed several people, left many injured and displaced thousands of people.
Many are still staring at the un-certain future, she continued.
In such a time filled with misery, the traders should stop hiking price of essential commodities, she made it clear, while urging author-ities concerned to look into the matter and control price of essential items.
Asking shop owners to display rate of items in front of their shops, she informed that the organisation along with mothers of the land is prepared to control the price if authorities remain silent.
Moreover, City Police deployed at Khwairamband Keithel should stop protecting the shops hiking price of essential items, she demanded.