Already burdened with high inflation, people are again forced to bear the brunt as prices of vegetable spiralled despite the common perception that advent of winter always made vegetable cheaper. Just a week ago tomato was selling at the rate of `20 has now gone up to `40 to 45.
Notably, during the last few days due to changes in weather areas of southern India and different places of Chhattisgarh also witnessed heavy rains due to which vegetable crops were largely affected leading to drastic fall in supply of vegetables. local production too was badly affected by rains due to which prices of vegetables have gone up remarkably and are very unlikely to come down even in the Diwali festival season.
According to vegetable retailers last week’s rains have badly affected the vegetable crops leading to less availability of vegetable both local and outsider farms and therefore the prices are unlikely to come down.
Meanwhile, lauki (Bottle gourd) is selling at `25 to 30 per kg, kochai (Taro) at `50 to 60 per kg, Gowarphali/semi (bean pod) at the rate of `40 to 50 per kg, Coriander leaf/ginger `200 per kg, brinjal, karela (bitter gourd), kundru (Ivy Gourd) `40 to 50 per kg, cauliflower `60 to 80 per kg, patta gobhi (cabbage) `30 to 35 per kg, parval (pointed gourd) at `40 to 50 per kg, potatao `20 to 25 per kg and onion at `50 to 60 depending on their quality.