Kathmandu, February 18
Poultry farmers have sought government intervention against ‘arbitrary’ price hike of chicks by hatcheries.
Submitting a memorandum today to the Department of Commerce, Supplies and Consumer Protection, the Poultry Farmers Struggle Committee demanded that the government take action against black marketing of chicks.
The appeal has come as the Nepal Hatchery Industry Association had destroyed six million eggs over a period of 10 days two months ago in protest against the government for not increasing chicken price in the market. Soon after that chicken price had soared to Rs 450 per kg from Rs 240 per kg.
However, the poultry farmers claim that they are not getting the price for chicken in line with the price hike in the market.
Moreover, the industries have also doubled the price of chicks from Rs 35 to Rs 70 per unit.
According to Bishnu Khadka, coordinator of the committee, NHIA increased the chick price by Rs 30 per unit within one week.
According to him, chick price was raised by five rupees per unit on January 24 to Rs 40 per unit.
The very next day, NHIA set the chick price at Rs 50 per unit.
Then on January 28, the association sold chicks at Rs 60 per unit to farmers and again raised t
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