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Vegetable prices continue to soar in Mumbai's retail outlets

RAIN PAIN: Damaged crops and floods across Maharashtra impact free flow of supplies

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Though rains have taken a break, Mumbaikars still have to pay hefty price for vegetables as crops were damaged due to excessive rainfall across the state. Since the next crop might take some time to arrive in the city markets, there is little chances of prices to come down. Traders at the wholesale market say it will take at least one or two months for that to happen.

Mumbai receives most of the vegetables from Nasik, Pune, Kolhapur, Sangli and other places in western Maharashtra. The city also receives vegetables froat and Karnataka. But due heavy rainfall since last fortnight supply have been impacted in the city.

According to officials from the Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) in Vashi, the supply has hit by 30 to 35 per cent.

"The price of some vegetables has doubled like tomato, cauliflower, drumstick and okra," said the official.

Traders at the wholesale market said small vehicles laden with vegetables are arriving at the market.

"In the last fortnight, the APMC saw majority of small vehicle coming with vegetables," said Shankar Pingle, director of APMC vegetable market. He added that despite the number of vehicles are almost the same, there is less quantity is vegetable arrival.

Normally, the Mumbai APMC in Vashi receives more than 500 trucks and 100 small vehicles laden with vegetables on daily basis. However, for the last one or two weeks, the supply has come down to 350 trucks and remaining 140 to 170 small vehicles.

At the APMC whether it be green chili or potato or tomato, price of most of the vegetables have doubled or tripled. Green chili is available at Rs120 per kg in the retail market while tomato is being sold at Rs 60 to Rs 80per kg. Price of drum stick has reached Rs 80 per kg and peas is being sold at Rs 120 per kg.

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