Mumbai: The retail price of onions reaches Rs 50 per kg in all cities this week.
Other kitchen staples, simple tomatoes, have charged Rs 70-80 per kg.
Traders blame the excess rainfall and gulab cyclone for lack of plants.
They say rates will drop a little around November 15 and normalize in December.
In just 40 days, from the wholesale level of Rs 2.50 a kg in the first week of September, tomatoes now need the cost of Rs 25 A Kg in Pimpalgaon, Nashik, the biggest tomato wholesale market in India.
Heavy rainfall in September and Typhoon Gulab reportedly left the broken field hectares in Nashik and Kolhapur.
Residents of Goregaon Asavari Joshi said, “In the midst of the fasting season of Navratra when consumption is low, I feel surprising that prices have increased so high.
Coupled with the cost of skyrocketing oil that can be eaten, LPG and gasoline-diesel, monthly household budgets under great pressure.
“Tomato Mangal Gupta wholesaler said,” Prices are generally higher up to 20% in September-October, but this month because heavy heavy rain has loss of severe plants so that the tariff is high.
They will decrease within 15 to 20 days as harvesting New plants planted in September will begin.
“Gupta added,” Because of excessive rain, a disease called the initial and rotten rotten blind has destroyed tomato plants in Solapur, Nashik, Satara and Pune District.
” APMC ASHOK Director Warjung from the Onion-Potato Market said, “Heavy rain and floods in Maharashtra have caused onions wither.
The wholesale price is Rs 35-38 per kg and retail is at Rs 50.
We hope a little fall after Diwali.
Total normality will occur In December.
“Waunjung said this” nature action that no one, both Narendra Modi and Sonia Gandhi can control “.
Other APMC Director Shankar Pingale from the vegetable market pointed towards tomato plants due to excessive rain.
“There is a great shortage of national tomatoes.
At present the wholesale level in Vashi ranges from Rs 30-45 per kg, depending on the value.
The tariff will decrease only after November 15 after the new plant is harvested.” APMC Trader Balasaheb Badadade said the price of onions would remain high through the celebration season.
“Prices will drop only after diwali.
Harvesting of fresh plants has been postponed, in addition to substantial damage to stock buffers that have shorter storage life,” he said.
(Input from BB Nayak in Navi Mumbai and Tushar Pawar in Nashik)
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