Just two days before a meeting with caretaker Prime Minister Anwarul Haq Kakar on Thursday, manufacturers have further raised steel bar prices by Rs3,000-4,000 per tonne to offset rising cost of production. A dealer at Sarya Market behind Civil Hospital quoted the price of Amreli steel bars in the southern region at Rs276,500 for size 9.5/10mm and 12mm, and Rs274,500 for sizes 16mm and above.