Bhubaneswar: In a bitter news for sweet lovers, the famous Rasagola and other cheese products of Pahala in Odisha’s Cuttack district have turned costlier.
Pahala Sweet Traders’ Association said they have no other way but to increase the price of sweets items following the hike in the price of milk and cottage cheese.
According to the sweetmeat vendors at Pahala, the new prices of various sweet items are as follows:
- The price of sweets costing Rs 5 per piece will now cost Rs 6
- Prices of sweets costing Rs 10 per piece now will now be available for Rs 12
- The price of sweets costing Rs 20 per piece will now cost Rs 25
After closing down their shops for three days in protest against the price hike of milk and cottage cheese, the association decided to open the shops but with the hiked price of the sweet items
Similarly, the price of ‘chhenagaja’, another favourite sweet item, has also been hiked. Instead of Rs 200 a kilogram, it is now being sold at Rs 220. ‘Chhenapoda’ now costs Rs 280 a kilogram, instead of Rs 250.
