Waste piles up in Koyambedu as vegetable prices crash
The Hindu
Traders are forced to send large quantities of unsold stock to the dump
CHENNAI
With the crash in the prices of many vegetables, nearly 2% to 3% of the stocks are being sent to the dump at the Koyambedu wholesale market.
Copious arrivals had led to a drop in the price of several vegetables. On some days, unsold stocks of vegetables such as brinjal, broad beans and tomato are dumped.
Wholesale traders said the market received 50 to 60 lorries daily in addition to the usual 400 truckloads. This led to a crop in the prices of various vegetables, some of which were usually high in March.
For instance, broad beans is available at ₹10 to ₹15 a kg at the retail market. Similarly, brinjal is priced at ₹8 to ₹20 a kg depending on the quality. Carrots from Malur, Karnataka, are sold for ₹10 to ₹15 a kg and those from Udhagamandalam are priced at ₹25 to ₹40 a kg.
Tomato is the cheapest vegetable in the wholesale market. While the country variety is sold for ₹7 to ₹10 a kg, the hybrid one is available for ₹10 to ₹15 a kg. Wholesalers said nearly 90 truckloads of tomato arrived from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu daily.
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