Lemon selling at Rs 400 per kg in Jaipur! Lemon water becomes an elite drink: Report

Lemon water seems to have become an elite drink in the sizzling summer of the desert state as lemons sold for around Rs 400 kg in Jaipur on Wednesday. 

New Delhi: Lemon water, which is considered the common man`s cold drink in summers, seems to have become an elite drink in the sizzling summer of the desert state as lemons sold for around Rs 400 kg in Jaipur on Wednesday. On Tuesday, the lemon`s rate was Rs 340 per kg in Jaipur which increased by Rs 60 in 24 hours on Wednesday.

Inder Gujjar, a vegetable vendor said, "There has been limited production of lemon here and hence it remains a limited supply of lemons here. Further, the steep rise in the price of diesel has affected the normal supply of lemons from other states and hence the high rate."

One lemon in Jaipur is being sold at Rs 30 which is giving nightmares to the middle class who are used to drinking lemon water in the afternoon when the temperature usually crosses 40 degrees Celsius here.

The weather department has already given a heat wave warning for the next four days. The temperature here has been hovering at around 40 degrees. And in such hot weather, the lemons being sold at Rs 400 per kg has given us a major jolt, said Mukta Mittal who went to buy vegetables on Wednesday.

Everybody seems to be worried about the petrol-diesel prices, not about these basic vegetables which have become so expensive, she added.