Kolkata: The price of fish has surged on the city market after a request burst due to the twin festivals this week and hiccups in stock due to the situation of flooding in coastal areas.
Fish requests have increased due to the Vishwakarma Puja and the Arandhan Festival, commonly known as Ranna Puja, when fish, especially Hilsa, are very in demand.
The price of most fish varieties increased by Rs 100 A Kg, while in the Hilsa case it rose by RS 200-300 A Kg in the last two days.
“The increase in fish prices is caused by a gap that evaporates between supply and surges of sudden demand.
The supply channel is beaten with flooding in coastal areas.
There are more than 3 days of late supply,” said Amar Das, a fish trader in the lake market.
Hilsa of the size of 800-900 GM sold at Rs 1,700 a kg a week ago, now sell at Rs 1,900-2,000 a kg.
The price of Parshe also increased by Rs 150 per kg.
But the price is only because of the Arandhan festival and Vishwakarma Puja.
Hopefully, the price will be aware in the next three or four days.
“We have fun buying Hilsa.
The price suddenly jumped to an unaffordable height.
But having Hilsa at the Arandhan Festival is a long tradition.
So, we buy medium size that burns a big hole in the pocket,” said Sheli Dasgupta, a mother household.
One big reason behind the demand supply gap is the absence of a bidding channel from basirhat, canning, sandeshchali and basanti where fisheries are swept away during Yaas.
The supply of this fisheries will take six to nine months to continue, a fisheries department official said.
The steady supply of Hils is smuggled from Bangladesh has a majority price of varieties.
But, heavy rain causes more poor floods and roads to cause delays in supply from Odisha and Andhra, two states in which Bengal who loves fish rather dependent.
Meanwhile, because of demand, Hilsa teenagers from Kakdwip have maintained the flood market.
“Despite repeat warnings, fishermen are committed to Harakiri by capturing Hilsa teenagers with fine nets.
This will have a detrimental effect on the lives of the fisheries community,” said Bijon Maity from the Kakdwip fisherman association.