With retail prices of onion touching up to Rs 32 per kg in Bhubaneswar, the Khurda district administration on Saturday opened nearly 100 special outlets in various wards of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) to sell onion at a subsidised rate of Rs 24.
“In the first phase, 100 outlets were opened in various wards of the BMC and more counters will be opened in the city shortly,” said Khurda District Civil Supplies Officer Amar Mohapatra, adding that the outlets would continue till the normalisation of the price. Both ration card holders and general public can purchase onion from these outlets at the subsidised rate, he said.