NBWIA urges traders to sell jars, bottled water not exceeding set prices

Kathmandu: The Nepal Bottle Water Industries Association (NBWIA) has urged traders to sell jars and bottled water not exceeding the set prices.

In a press conference organized today, the Association said the request followed the complaints that traders were charging the customers rampantly for the sale of jars and bottled water. The Association President Dhurba Gautam said the Association was effortful in expediting the market monitoring to ensure jar and bottled water are sold at the set price.

'In the Kathmandu Valley, a 20-liter jar of water is sold for a set price of Rs. 45 to Rs. 47, and a liter of bottled water for Rs. 16. Outside the Valley, Rs. 60 is set for a 20 liters jar of water and Rs. 20 for a liter of bottled water. Selling the water exceeding the set price is subject to action,' he said.

The market monitoring has taken place after forming a market monitoring committee under the leadership of the Association's central senior vice president Bikram Limbu Chemjong, it has been said. So far, over 50 traders and industrialists found selling the water exceeding the set price have faced action, said Chemjong.

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