Bengaluru: Continuous Shour in the neighboring district has pushed the price of vegetables such as onions, tomatoes and carrots in the city.
Umesh Mirji, Managing Director, Hopcoms, Bengaluru, said the price of tomatoes was north for almost 10 days now.
“Bengaluru received his main tomato equipment from Kolar.
There are two problems that hurt inventory, one becomes rain damaging the plant.
The second is in Kolar, more tomato cultivation during the rainy season and summer than the rabbi season,” he said.
In addition, tomatoes to Bengaluru come from Chitradurga and Andhra Pradesh too.
Heavy rain in Andhra Pradesh further influences harvest and inventory, he added.
According to official Hopcoms, the price of onions also saw a gradual increase.
“Onion is Rs 47 per kg now.
Equipment from Chitradurga, Chikkamagaluru and Dharwad are affected due to rain and harvest not from the desired quality,” Mirji said, adding that the price of onions would rise.
Traders say vegetables that perish quickly have become more dear.
Excess moisture contributes to the increase in prices of tomatoes and onions, he added.
“Onions tend to develop black mushrooms around the skin if exposed to too much moisture.
Tomatoes and carrots also become bad easily when exposed to moisture.
It’s the same as green.
They tend to easily perish with excessive moisture so that the price always goes up during the rainy season,” one Traders explained.
The wholesale prices of tomatoes rose to rs 1,000 to 1,200 per chest (22 kilos) but now it has dropped to Rs 750 to Rs 800 per chest.
“The price increase is only temporary; they will fall so the rain stops.
This is the trend we have observed for years now,” added the merchant.
The retail price of tomatoes is Rs 65, Onion Rs 50, and RS 75 carrots on Sunday, each from Rs 10, Rs 25-30 and Rs 35-40, four weeks ago.
Gopi RV, representing the wholesaler association, said: “The only tomato costs seem to be very high in the wholesale market, which is also temporary.
We hope the price of onions goes up if the rain continues.” The cost of some vegetables might look low in the wholesale market but their prices are high.
In the retail market because they remain outside and exposed to very moisture, other traders said.