THOUBAL, June 26 -- Women vendors of Thoubal Keithel staged a protest meet today against the sky-rocketing price of rice in the State, organised jointly by Thoubal Keithel Phambi Mathak Makha Leikai Apunba association and Thoubal Ima organisation.

The participants at the protest meet expressed their anxiety and apprehensions over the increasing price of rice in both the hills and valleys of the State. "The current price of Meitei Cheng (Local Rice) and Superfine Rice that are currently being sold at the rate of Rs 45 to 50 per kg has made it unaffordable for people belonging to low income families to have two square meals daily," they lamented.

Secretary of the Keithel Phambi association, Bhudipati stated that even though there is a dro...