Mumbai / Nashik: The retail price of onions reaches Hospital Rs 50 per kg this city this week.
Other kitchen staples, simple tomatoes, have become a price of 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 RS 25 A Kg costs in Pimpalgaon, the biggest tomato wholesale market in Nashik-India.
Heavy rainfall in September and Typhoon reportedly left the hectare of the damaged fields in Nashik and Kolhapur.
Goregaon Resident Asavari Joshi said, “In the midst of fasting the Navratra season when consumption is low, I feel surprising that prices have increased so high.” Tomato Mangal Gupta Wholesalers, “Prices are generally higher up to 20% in September-October, but this month due to heavy heavy rains there are loss of plants so that they are high levels.
They will decrease in 15 to 20 days as new plant harvest planted on September will begin.
“Gupta added,” Because of excessive rain, a disease called the initial blessing and the final blended has destroyed tomato plants in Solapur, Nashik, Satara District and Pune.
‘APMC Ashok Director Warung from the Onion-Potato Market said, ” Heavy rain and floods in Maharashtra have caused onions to wither.
The wholesale price is Rs 35-38 per kg and retail is at Rs 50.
We expect a little fall after diwali and total normality in December.
“Walunung said this” Natural actions that cannot be controlled by anyone ” At present, the wholesale level in Vashi ranges from Rs 30-45 per kg, depending on the value.
Rates will decrease only after November 15 after the new harvest is harvested.
“APMC Trader Ballasaheb Badadade said the price of onions will remain high through the celebration season.” The price will drop only after Diwali.
Harvesting fresh plants has been postponed, in addition to substantial damage to stock buffers that have shorter shelf life, “he said.
Recently in September, farmers in Nashik and Aurangabad have thrown out tomatoes on the road in protests after wholesale rates drop to RS 2 -3 per kg.
They damaged their attitude.
Somnath Kulagi, farmers from JAT Tehsil from Sangli District, have thrown out the tomatoes outside of the bath because wholesale prices fell to Rs 1.5 per kg.
Now, he is called by a trader to check whether he has Products on the farm.
Somnath has destroyed all tomato plants and took chili cultivation.
“That was for the first time I suffered severe losses.
Now, when I see tomatoes take a good price, I feel the decision to destroy the plant is wrong.
I will redeem the losses that I face, “he told toi.
(With BB nayak in Navi Mumbai)
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