Ghorahi fair price shop sells sugar and salt worth over Rs 2.75 million

Dang, October 12, 2026 — A fair price shop established for the Dashain and Tihar festivals in Ghorahi has sold sugar and salt worth more than Rs 2.75 million in its first 20 days of operation.

Operated by the Dang branch of Salt Trading Corporation Limited, the shop opened on October 1 in Ghorahi Sub-metropolitan City-15.

Branch head Rambabu Prasad Gupta said 4,808 consumers had purchased goods from the outlet. Sales included 23,771 kilograms of sugar worth Rs 2.37 million and 15,755 kilograms of salt worth Rs 378,120. The shop serves between 600 and 700 customers daily.

Sugar is being sold at Rs 100 per kilogram and salt at Rs 24 per kilogram, with both products priced Rs 5 per kilogram below market rates. Each customer can purchase up to five kilograms of sugar and six kilograms of iodized salt.

The shop operates during regular office hours, except on public holidays, and will remain open until November 17.

Consumers have called on the government to extend the discount scheme to other essential food items, including rice, lentils, cooking oil and flour.

Local resident Sita Rawat said extending the subsidies to these items would provide substantial relief to families managing their festival expenses.