With the State facing acute shortage of potato, Food Supply and Consumer Welfare Minister Sanjay Dasburma on Wednesday said the tuber would be sold though public distribution system (PDS) and Maitree shops from Thursday.
The Minister said the district Collectors have been asked to fix the price of potato in their respective districts after taking into consideration of stock situation.
Meanwhile, Chief Scretary GC Pati has written a letter to his West Bengal counterpart urging him to remove the unofficial restrictions on movement of potato into Odisha and facilitate regular supply.
“Our State is experiencing acute shortage of potato causing severe hardships to the consumers. The scarcity is arising because of unofficial restrictions of the West Bengal Government on movement of potato trucks to Odisha for last one month or so. The situation had improved in the second fortnight of August with steady movement carrying potato from West Bengal. But it has again worsened in last 10 days,” said Pati in his letter.