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Heavy rain, floods in northern India sets vegetable prices soar high | The after-effects of heavy rains and floods in northern India are being felt across the country, as prices of vegetables have shot over 25 to 30 per cent. Owing to incessant rains over the past three days in Haryana and
Punjab , crops have been badly affected due to which the wholesale rates of the
vegetables have gone up. “The floods have caused a lot of problem in the transportation
and due to rise in prices of crude oil twice, the transporters also raised their
fares. That is why the vegetables prices have soared,” said Pintu Kumar, a vegetable
supplier at New Delhi ’s Azadnagar market. “The hike is so much that it is affecting
the common man dearly. The public is dreading eating vegetables. They fear the
name of vegetables,” he added. The wholesale rate for tomato has gone as high
as Rs. 40/kg, while the retail rate in some markets have reached Rs. 60/kg. “There
are no tomatoes in the market. Their supply has ended totally. We are just getting
it from Shimla. The other vegetables, which came from other states, the prices
of diesel have been hiked, so that is why their supply has stopped,” said Meenu
bhai, a wholesale vegetable distributor. “The packet price of the vegetables,
which earlier cost 25 to 30 rupees, is now costing 45 to 55 rupees. They are now
priced at 15-20 rupees per packet more. So, the farmers are not selling their
yields here,” he added. The petroleum price hike has added to the consumers’ and
distributors’ agony as transporters bringing in vegetables from other states,
have increased their fares, affecting the cost of the veggies in turn. “The inflation
is so high that we have to think twice before purchasing vegetables. Earlier,
we used to keep our refrigerators full of vegetables but now even to buy 250 to
500 grams we have to think so much. The prices of all essential commodities has
increased, from auto rickshaw fare to gas prices,” said Omna, a housewife in Pune.
In Bangalore , beans that were earlier available at Rs 15/kg a month ago, now
cost Rs. 28/ kg, and tomatoes are priced at Rs 22/ kg. The common man, left with
no option, has decreased the purchase of vegetables in order to make ends meet
amid the spiraling inflation. “It’s a regular routine that we have to get vegetables.
Because it’s rising, even though we are affected, we will have to buy though the
prices are increasing. The salaries, however, are not increasing but despite the
rising prices, we will have to pay and we will have to take because it is a necessity
of our life,” said Glory, a housewife in Bangalore . “I feel the prices have to
be reduced; it is increasing daily and today it has been raining and the prices
have shot up very much,” she added. |
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