As the traders started charging rampant prices for the bottled water, the government has fixed the price at a maximum of Rs 16 per liter. However, the government has fixed the maximum retail prices of a pet bottled water and a jar at Rs 20 and Rs 60, respectively for outside the Kathmandu Valley.
The Department of Commerce, Supplies and Consumer Protection (DoCSCP) today directed the traders not to charge more price than the fixed. Retailers have been charging between Rs 20-30 for a liter bottled water.
According to director general of the department Mahesh Bhattarai, the department will speed up the market inspection as there are complaints that low quality bottled-water is being sold at higher prices in the market.
The department has also fixed the price of a 20 liter jar full of water at Rs 47. Currently, retailers have been charging Rs 60 per jar of water, in the valley.
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