DUSHANBE, August 6, 2010, Asia-Plus  -- Tajik capital’s authorities intend to strictly control prices at Dushanbe’s bazaars during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

Shavkat Saidov, a spokesman for the Dushanbe mayor’s office, told Asia-Plus that Dushanbe Mayor Mahmadsaid Ubdaidulloyev yesterday held a meeting on this subject.  The meeting participants included senior representatives from the Dushanbe mayor’s office and local entrepreneurs trading in essential goods.

The meeting decided that essential goods and basic food products would be sold at lower prices during the holy month of Ramadan, from August 11 to September 10.

Thus, the price of one kilogram of beef should not be higher than 18 somoni, the price of one kilogram of mutton – 19 somoni, the price for a 50-kilogram sack of grade 1 wheat flour should be sold for not more that 90 somoni.  Prices of vegetable oil, milk, eggs, rice, sugar, potatoes, tomatoes, onions, carrots, cabbages, grapes, and melon crops should be brought down by 15-20 percent during Ramadan.

The mayor ordered to exempt farmers selling their products at Dushanbe’s bazaars without resellers as well as entrepreneur trading in essential goods from all fees or to cut them by 50 percent during the holy month of Ramadan.

The Dushanbe mayor’s office also asks relevant bodies not to conduct inspections at Dushanbe’s bazaars during the month of Ramadan.

The mayor also ordered relevant municipal bodies to organize farm produce fairs at local bazaars, control scales and inspect all shops for compliance with sanitary and epidemiological requirements, the spokesman said.