Prices of vegetables shoot up, drumstick turns expensive in Kochi
The Hindu
Vegetable prices soar in Kerala market, with drumsticks reaching ₹250/kg, scarcity due to supply shortage and high demand.
Prices of most vegetables of daily use are ruling high and drumsticks have turned into a delicacy after the price level touched ₹250 a kg in the retail market.
According to vegetable wholesaler N.H. Shameed in the Ernakulam main market, drumstick supply has dried up as most of the places from where the vegetable is usually sourced for Kerala market are short of supplies.
He said that drumsticks for Kerala market are currently being sourced from as far away as Baroda from where the product reaches Tamil Nadu. It is then sent to Kerala.
Besides, he said this is the end of the vegetable season and the new crops are getting ready for harvest. Together with the scarcity, higher demand for vegetables during the Mandalam season has helped the soaring price.
The price of banana (nendran) went up to ₹70 a kg in the retail market on Tuesday, Vegetable and Fruit Promotion Council Keralam data showed. Though ginger price has cooled to ₹75 a kg in the retail market, the price of vegetable cowpea rules at ₹60 a kg in the market.
The price of cool season vegetables like beans, carrot and beetroot is on the higher side. Beans is selling for ₹65 a kg, beetroot at ₹73 and carrot at ₹80 a kg in the retail market.
Big onions are being sold for ₹70, okra for ₹50, green chillies for ₹60, tomatoes for ₹40 and small onions for ₹72 a kg in the market.
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