Most housewives were enjoying the low prices of vegetables from the past one month will feel unhappy to know that vegetable prices are fly-high these days. The vegetable prices which were at very low levels during the past month have suddenly jumped two-fold. In the past week, the supply of local vegetables has significantly dropped. More than 75 per cent of the local vegetables have got exhausted resulting in vegetable prices to rise. The vegetable prices have jumped two-fold compared to a month ago in the wholesale market. There seems to be no respite for common people as vegetable prices are expected to remain at higher levels till the new produce arrives from mid August. “Local vegetable supplies have exhausted and there is little supply coming to the market. Therefore, the vegetable prices have increased,” said Ram Mahajan, Secretary, Mahatma Phule Adatiya Association.

 

 

The prices of methi have gone through the roof and are being quoted at Rs 100 to Rs 120 per kg, coriander at Rs 80 per kg, gawar falli at Rs 60 per kg and bhedi at Rs 50 per kg, in the wholesale market. In the retail market, exorbitant prices of green vegetables has burned a hole in pockets of the citizens, he said. “Supplies are expected to resume from mid August in large quantities. At present the supply is coming from Meerut, Nashik, Buldhana and Chhindwara for local consumption.

 

Till then people will have to wait for prices to fall from the current levels,” he said. Every year there is a huge drop in supply of vegetables in the months of June-July that elevates the prices. Mahajan also pointed out that frequent rains in the past few months helped increase the supply of vegetables throughout the month of May this restricted the prices from rising. The prices of vegetables being quoted in wholesale market: methi at Rs 120 per kg, bitter gourd at Rs 50 per kg, beans at Rs 60 per kg, brinjal at Rs 40 per kg, lady finger at Rs 50 per kg, cauliflower at Rs 60 per kg, shimla mirch at Rs 60 per kg and chaulai falli at Rs 60 per kg, pumpkin at Rs 20 per kg, dodke at Rs 40 per kg, demsa at Rs 60 per kg and gawar falli at Rs 60 per kg, he added.