Jamshedpur: With Durga and Laxmi Pujas right and Diwali and Chhat on the corner, the high price of vegetables and vegetable oil has left ordinary people astonished.
Usually, NIP in udan udan carries a smile on the face of the customer who visits the vegetable market across Jamshedpur, but this year it might be an exception because the price skyrocketed.
Toi during his visit to Sakchi wholesale vegetable market on Friday morning found that Bartbatti (snake beans) which is usually sold for rs 20 per kilo this year, no less than Rs 60.
Prices have soared three times this festival time, which is the main concern For housewives, whose budget has just become Haywire.
They feel that they must compromise with their budget, which is very difficult in this covid time, or they must reduce the number of dishes.
Bristi Mazumdar from Sakchi said SIMLA MIRCH (capsicum) was needed in most Chinese dishes he prepared for his daughter Arna but now the price of Rs 200 per kilo, who was unable to buy.
The price of capsicum a month ago was around Rs 60 per kilo.
He said after facing a salary after last year’s pandemic, it was difficult to run the household.
The high price of vegetables only adds to the tribulation.
Tomatoes, other products needed for most dishes, is Rs 60 per kilo, almost double the price.
Vegetable vegetables at Sakchi said the supply of local vegetables from the patamda area, Boram and Ghatshila almost dried up and all products were transported from outside, such as from Karnataka.
So with a diesel price increase, which has crossed a century sign, the price of vegetables will also be you p.
Kanu Hansda, a shopkeeper, said people bought less because spiral prices were out of reach of many people.
He said the local supply has dried up because the rain has damaged vegetables and other plants in this area.
Kanu said the situation would not improve in the next two weeks.
He expressed hope that in the second week of November, prices might drop after the local supply continued.
He said many shop owners had stopped selling vegetables because they were afraid they would face losses because their items may not be bought because of the high price.
Other shopkeepers say potatoes are being sold for Rs 20 per kilo and onions for Rs 40.
He said the price of potatoes and onions will go down only in December, when fresh shares arrive from West Bengal and Nasik.