AGARTALA, Oct 23 (TIWN): Skyrocketing price of commodities in the State on the day of Dashami hits the pocket of people miserably.

Reportedly, the Hilsa has been sold at a rate of Rs. 1, 500 per Kilogram. Eating fish with puffed rice is the followed as tradition in most of the Bengali families. But the skyrocketing price has become headache for the middle class and poor families.

On the day of Dashami, when the Bengali families celebrates the day with rich food and sweets which includes fish, meat and many other items, the skyrocketing price of commodities hits the pocket of the middle class families and poor.

More or less most of the families try to enjoy the day as it comes once in a year.

However, the cost of mutton also touched the sky with Rs. 600 per Kilogram. The hikes in the prices of vegetables have upset the budgets of middle and lower class families, particularly affecting those below the poverty line. The rise in prices of vegetables has created great dissatisfaction among the public.

Over the past few months, retail prices of onion have shot up almost from Rs. 40 per kg to 80-85 per kg in the State. Besides, the wholesale prices of onions have also risen over the same period across the state.

However, the skyrocketing price of the commodities left the poor and middle class families in miserable condition on the occasion of Vijaya Dashami.