The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start selling essentials from Monday through 450 mobile trucks amid the Covid-19 pandemic ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
Under the OMS programme, the TCB will run the trucks through designated dealers every day countrywide aimed at keeping the prices of essentials stable in the markets.
A spokesperson for TCB, Humayun Kabir, told The Financial Express that the dealers would sell the products like sugar, lentils and soybean oil at subsidised rates throughout the country including Dhaka and Chattorgram cities and different Upazila levels.
This time 50 more mobile trucks have been increased to help the marginal people, he said.
Out of 450 trucks, 80 will sell the commodities in different areas of the capital while 43 in Chattogram city, Kabir said, adding that the trucks will be deployed in district and Upazila levels too.
TCB has fixed the prices of sugar at Tk 55 per kg while lentils at Tk 55 a kg and soybean oil at Tk 100 per litre.
A customer can purchase 2-4kg sugar, 2kg lentils and 2-5 litre soybean at a time, as per a TCB circular.
TCB has allocated 600-800kg of sugar, 300-600kg of lentils and 800-1200 litres of soybean oil to each of the designated dealers daily except holidays.
The OMS programme will continue until July 29.
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