Chicken prices are on the rise across the State. Live broiler chicken costs ₹172 a kg whereas the price of dressed chicken is ₹270-290 a kg. Non-vegetarians are concerned as the price increase has come at a time when trawl ban is in place in the State making fish too unaffordable.
The sudden increase in prices has affected poultry farmers and traders too as people have reduced consumption due to the price hike.
Binny Emmatty, president, Poultry Farmers and Traders Samiti, said the current price hike was due to scarcity of chicken in the market, which may last only for another 10 to 12 days.
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