Many left OMS sockets without rice

People crowd an open market sales office, at Shewrapara in Dhaka, to buy rice on Saturday. -Sanaul Haque

Govt OMS suspend rice sale for 4 day Eid holiday

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People with low income group urged the open market of sales outlets to buy rice because the authorities have decided to keep for the four days of Eid holiday closed the outlets on Saturday.

Many of them several hours in long queues at the sales points in Rampura, Kazipara, Shantinagar, Begunbari waited, but no rice as the dealer links the place to buy, if much before the scheduled ran their shares.

Rasheda, a home help, rice for their family of OMS shop nearest Karwan Bazaar rail gate, buys, one of those was to go home without any rice had.

"I again tomorrow for rice to come, because the prices in the bazaars are too high," she said new age unfortunately on Saturday. Rough rice costs between TK-38 and TK 40 per kg in the markets, she said what she can do.

A kilogram is sold OMS rice for TK-24, but a person may buy not more than 5 kg per day.

Siraj Khan, a trader in Karwan Bazaar, said that she should keep the outlet open from 09: 00 to 16: 00, but had at 12: 30 on Saturday closed, when the stock was completed.

Each output is assigned just 60 bags of rice per day (30 kg in each bag).

Many consumers asked whether the OMS outlets would be closed forever, he said.

Garment factory workers Tohura, the rice from the outlet Bou buys Bazaar in West Panthapath, said that they were waiting in the queue for about an hour and 45 minutes, from 10: 00 "I don't know whether I all rice today get, because there are eight people in me," she said.

The rice from the OMS branches keep them alive, as the prices for all other food capacity rose by about their shopping, she said.

Alam, who buys rice from the OMS-shop in Moghbazar Ambagan, was very unhappy, because he too late to get rice to all.

He said that he buys usually rice from this shop for his eight-member family, as the OMS price is the cheapest.

Every day, buy some 1,50,000 rice OMS Sockets in Dhaka, said Sukumar Chandra Roy, Chief Controller of rationing in Dhaka.

He said that the OMS Sockets were planned for the Eid holiday from August 29 until September 3 remain closed.

Food Minister Abdur Razzaque visited some outlets in Dhaka City on Saturday, and after observing the enormous demand for OMS rice, the Directorate of food is asked to open the ports on Tuesday. He added that part of the OMS programme, to the increasing demand would increase after Eid of the Government.

The Director-General of the Directorate of food, Ahmad Hossain, new age said that they have decided to keep open OMS outlets on Tuesday because of banking transactions, and said that after Eid she would increase the allocation of rice to OMS branches due to demand.

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