More cooperative markets in capital soon

The government will set up 50-60 more cooperative markets in the capital, said State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Jahangir Kabir Nanak yesterday.
The overall process in this regard already has been concluded, he also said while inaugurating a Samabay holiday haat in the city's Agargaon.
"The setting up of the cooperative markets in the city would curb the huge price gap between the producers and consumers as a whole", the state minister told journalists after the programme.
As part of the initiative, different kinds of agricultural goods produced by the farmers belonging to various cooperative organisations would be sold at the haat at fair price.
Moreover, the government has a plan to supply hygienic products for the consumers as availability of formalin and chemical infected fish and daily commodities are posing high risk to people's health, said Nanak.
Terming it a 'new link' of the cooperative department, he said the venture is not limited to the capital, but it has also been set up at each and every district town across the country.
Talking about government activities to check monopoly business by a section of traders, Nanak said, "The Samabay holiday haat starts its journey to ensure fair price for producers and, at the same time, it will reduce the huge profit of the middlemen in the way to reach the products to the consumers."
The haat will remain open everyday during the holy month of Ramadan, he added.
It's being operated by 32 co-operative organisations and will contain 58 stalls for groceries, fruits, fishes, meat, chicken, rice, milk products and vegetable outlets.
Rural Development and Cooperatives Secretary Dr Mihir Kanti Majumder and register of the cooperative department Humayun Khalid also attended the function.