Nagpur: The incessant rains have spoilt the vegetable crop in many parts of the country resulting in vegetable prices flaring up in the wholesale market in Nagpur. As a result, the housewives are not happy these days as their monthly budgets are getting impacted and they have to loosen their purses to buy vegetables.
People are already burdened with inflationary pressure on all fronts and surge in vegetable prices means spending more on essential items. According to a trader, the vegetable prices have flared up more than 50 per cent due to heavy rainfall which damaged the crops. He attributed the spike in vegetable prices due heavy rains damaging the crops and lower supplies in the market. Most of the vegetables are coming from faraway places like Nashik, Bengaluru, Multai and Chhindwara. Currently, about 30 to 40 matadors and small trucks are unloading vegetables at the wholesale market. The daily requirement is about 70 to 80 matadors, he said.
Wenesday Rate
Wednesday01 Jan. 2025
The prices of vegetables being quoted at the wholesale market on Sunday are as follows:
•Brinjal Rs 50 per kilo to Rs 60 per kilo
•Lady’s Finger (Bhindi) Rs 40 per kilo
•Capsicum Rs 60 per kilo
•Spinach Rs 40 per kilo to Rs 50 per kg
•Pumpkin Rs 30 per kilo
•Cucumber Rs 40 per kilo
•Tomato Rs 12 per kg to Rs 15 per kg
•Carrot Rs 40 per kilo
•Radish Rs 40 per kilo
•Green Chilli Rs 45 per kilo to Rs 50 per kg
•Cluster Beans Rs 40 per kilo to Rs 50 per kg
•Bitter Gourd Rs 40 per kilo
•Bottle Gourd Rs 20 per kilo
•Parwal Rs 30 per kilo
•Fenugreek Leaf Rs 30 per kilo to Rs 40 per kg
•Cauliflower Rs 40 per kg
•Cabbage Rs 25 per kg
•Coriander Leaf Rs 80 per kg to Rs 100 per kg
•Jackfruit Rs 40 per kg to Rs 50 per kg
•Lemon Rs 200 to Rs 250 per 100 pieces
As a regular practice, during the months of June and July, most of the local farmers start to sow their fields and get ready for the new season. However, it is expected that the local vegetable supplies will start arriving at the market from September in large quantities and cool down prices to a large extent. Till then the local people would have to wait for the vegetable prices to come down, the trader added.
