TIWN May 29, 2017
AGARTALA, May 29 (TIWN): Prices of the hugely popular and delightfully tasty fish Hilsa have skyrocketed in Agartala ahead of the Jamai Shasthi which will be celebrated on Wednesday.
Amidst formalin fear, price hike Bengali people have proven to be strict on Hilsha in Tripura and thus the price have went up to 1400, TIWN reported.
At Battala Bazaar, the small Hilsas are available with 850 to 1000 rupees whereas the big fishes costs 1200 to 1400 per kilo.
For many Bengali people Hilsa, a species of fish in the herring family, is a "must eat" fish on traditional occasions.
Skyrocketing price of commodities in the State ahead of Jamai Shasthi has hit the pocket of people miserably.
On the occasion of Jamai Shasthi celebration, the delicious Hilsa fish is a traditional item on the menu of New Year feast. But due to the soaring price of Hilsa, it is gradually vanishing from the menu of the fixed income people.
Eating fish with 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.
Amid soaring prices many were seen in the city's markets to, people were seen buying Hilsa fish form the market.
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