Veggies in Delhi cost more after North rain
Heavy rains in Haryana and Punjab have suddenly made some basic necessities a lot costlier in New Delhi: the prices of green vegetables, for instance, shot up in the past three days.
Most green vegetables, including tomatoes, have seen a sharp price rise, said Delhi Agricultural Marketing Board chairman Brahm Yadav.
“Tomatoes and most other green veggies like cucumber, bottle gourd, tinda and ladyfingers come from Haryana and Punjab. Rains badly affected the crop there and thus the wholesale rates have gone up,” he said.
However, more than the wholesale rates, it is retail prices that have really seen a very sharp increase. While the wholesale rate for tomato went up as high as Rs 32 a kg, the retail rate in some city markets reached Rs 50 a kg. The wholesale price of ladyfinger went up to Rs 15 a kg, and that of bitter gourd to Rs 10 a kg, but the retail prices of the two shot up close to Rs 40 in some markets.
Thankfully, Mr Yadav said, wholesale prices of potato, the stape food for many households, has risen only slightly, and is not affected much as supplies are coming in from other states. The same is the case with onions, which come from Rajasthan. “The rain situation is easing out. If that continues, the wholesale prices will come down,” said Mr Yadav.
While flood waters receded in Haryana’s worst-hit Ambala and Kurukshetra districts, flooding of new areas was reported Saturday.
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