The Department of Cooperatives has sought 10 more tonnes of toor dhal to be sold at the special outlets in Tiruchi.
The order has been sent due to overwhelming demand from the customers, who line up in front of 14 outlets in the city to buy toor dhal, which is sold at the rate of Rs.110 a kg as against the market price of Rs.180 to Rs.200.
K.C. Ravichandran, Joint Registrar, Cooperatives, told The Hindu that a total of 22,400 kg of toor dhal had so far been sold in Tiruchi since the special sale was started from November 1. It had received 27,800 kg of toor dhal so far. An average of 2 tonnes of dhal is sold a day since the first day.
In order to extend the benefit of “reduced” price, it was instructed that each customer would get one kg of toor dhal. The salesmen were asked to get the name and contact information of customers.
Mr. Ravichandran said the special sale had stabilised the market price of toor dhal to an extent. There were reports that rate of toor dhal in the open market had down by Rs.30 a kg. It was expected that it would further go down in the forthcoming weeks.
