The tomatoes price continued to remain high at the level of Rs120-150 per kg in retail market and if dependence on import is ended through permanent halt on vegetables import from India, the growers will be encouraged to cultivate maximum crop.
So, the government should immediately impose a ban on import of tomato to encourage local productions as the present hefty increase in the prices of the commodity was only because of our dependence on neighboring country.
While showing a grave concern over steep rise in tomato prices in just a few days, the former SVP of LCCI Abdul Basit said that it was very unfortunate that while allowing import of tomato or other crops, the authorities did not bother to calculate its fallout on local farming community. And now when the local farmers have stopped sowing tomato crop due to heavy import, it is quite natural that the consumer is bound to buy at the prices being quoted by the Indian grower.
Abdul Basit said that the Supreme Court of Pakistan should also initiate suo moto proceedings to the matter that has deprived a common man from commodity like tomato that can be even grown even in vase or at rooftop.
He said that industrial bodies had been calling for long-time now that the government should ban all the commodities that can be produced locally but the authorities inaction has pushed us to a situation that would take at least a year to return to normal provided a ban is clamped right now.
Source:- nation.com.pk
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