As Dasain approaches, the crowd of consumers has increased in Palpa's Tansen, Rampur and other markets. There is a rush to buy essential items such as food, clothing, gift items, and daily consumables. By covering this opportunity, traders are selling at arbitrary prices.

Shailendra Bhattarai, president of Palpa Industry and Commerce Association, said that the market is running as Dasain approaches. Sunita Khatri, a local said that there has been excessive crowding in Makhantol, Sittalpati, Bus Park, Narayansthan and other areas of Tansen.

Apart from Tansen, rural markets including Aryabhanjyang, Tahun, Jagbadi, Damkada, Dumre, Chahra, Batase, Hartok have also been bustling with the crowd of consumers. According to the traders, the number of people shopping for essential items for Dashain has increased over the last few days.

Dharmachandra Nepal of local Tansen-2 said that there was a sudden movement in the market, which had become deserted due to rain. "After the rains in the market, I thought it was due to Dashain," he said. There is a similar crowd in banks and financial institutions.'

Tansen Makhantol, Silkhantol, Sittalparti areas have seen excessive crowding of customers. In addition to the food, the market is full of excitement as people come from the villages to buy materials in the fancy shops. Govind Khanal of Ribdikot-2 said that there is more crowd of customers in the market for fancy goods, food and other shopping. He said that the crowd has increased as people come from the village to shop in the market.

"Recently, a lot of shops have opened in the villages," he said, "but the crowd of those who come to the market is seen in the market area." Those in the market area buy only at the end of the Dashain holiday. He said that all the goods needed for Dashain are available in one shop, so they come to the market. It is difficult to get all the goods in the village.

"Actually, the price has increased in the market compared to the village," said Vishnu Timilsena of Bagnaskali-8, Chappani. Timilsena said that the price of goods has increased this year more than the previous year.

"She went to every shop asking that the price of all the goods has increased," she added, "She came to the market, but it was decided whether to take the goods or not." Even so, all the goods are not available in the village, so we have to bring them.' Tansen is very crowded during Dashain. Not only groceries, but fancy goods, the business of all goods will increase .

nominal monitoring, different prices from shop to shop

As Dasain is approaching, it has been found that the prices vary from shop to shop even though there is market monitoring. Not only this, expired food items have been sold. Materials worth millions have been seized and destroyed during monitoring.

Consumers have complained that some traders show artificial shortages and black market, including Greco. Those consumers said that even if the market is monitored, only the name is monitored. Ramesh Gharti, a consumer of Tansen-6, said that although expired materials were found in the monitoring, no action was taken against such shops.

Domestic and Small Industries Office, Food Technology and Quality Control Office and District Administration Office have reported that they are monitoring the harvest as the tenth day approaches in coordination with the local level. In the course of monitoring, shops that operate against the standards are warned every time to improve. But action has never been taken.

Even after reaching the monitoring for the second time, it is left with a warning that action will be taken if there is no improvement . "It is always heard that goods are confiscated by monitoring the shop," said consumer Thapa, "but it has never been heard that action has been taken." When there is no action, there is always negligence.' After the festival, there is no re-monitoring. Concerned bodies don't even know about the improvement. Govind Pandey of Rampur-5 said that only weed removal and appearance are monitored.

According to Chitravaliram Suwal, the leader of the civil society, monitoring of festivals has become a phenomenon. He said that action should be taken against the shops that operate against the standards in the market monitoring. "Those who are not only aware, but those who do not improve should be punished," he said, "It is not just by monitoring the market to eat rituals and allowances." Although three levels of the government have been monitoring the market, it has not been effective.'

Shyam Kumar Paudel, the head of the Domestic and Small Industries Office in Palpa, said that rather than taking action, they have warned and not taken action. "Seven days have been given for notification and registration," he said. The monitoring authorities have not paid any attention to the sale of the same goods at different prices.

This year, the Household and Small Industries Office has monitored the market in Tansen Municipality, Bagnaskali, Rambha Rural Municipality as well as Rampur Municipality. According to the office, materials worth 241 thousand 596 rupees were destroyed during monitoring of 230 shops at the local level after Dashain.

The Lumbini state government sent a budget of 3 lakhs last year and 250,000 this year for monitoring the market. Paudel, the head of the Domestic and Small Industries Office, said that in food, grocery, hotel, restaurant, shop registration, whether tax has been paid or not, price list, renewal, level, food permit, as well as some examples, whether it has expired or not is being looked at. "Cash action is taken during the monitoring with the participation of the Assistant Chief District Officer," he said, "We have no right to take action." Revant Rana, a consumer of Tansen-4, said that despite the monitoring, the consumers who do not keep the price list and who are expensive are never taken action. Tell . He said that the wholesale and retail traders were selling daily consumables at exorbitant prices.

According to him, no one is interested even if they sell at random prices from shop to shop. As Dashain is approaching, he complained that daily consumption items such as cooking oil, pulses, rice, vegetables are being sold at arbitrary prices. Consumers are upset when traders increase their prices.