Vegetables turn dear again in Delhi

NEW DELHI: There was a slight break from rising vegetable prices in September when a break in rainfall over northwest India pushed supply in Delhi. However, another spurt of heavy showers has seen supply dip again. In fact, wholesalers are expecting a further rise in price of onions due to rain in the south of India.

"The price of onion in Bangalore on Monday was Rs 40-45 against Rs 30 per kg on Friday. This is expected to have an impact in Delhi in the next coming days. An increase in demand due to Eid has also pushed up prices. There will be no respite for Delhi till the crop from Alwar doesn't come in by November," said Surinder Sahani, proprietor, Gujarat Onions Co.

The price of onion had touched Rs 70 per kg on Monday, up by Rs 5-7 since the past week. Other vegetables too have been affected by unseasonal rain in north India. The average wholesale rate for beans has gone up from Rs 19 per kg on August 1 to Rs 51 per kg on October 14. Its retail price on Monday was Rs 80-85 per kg. Capsicum, whose rate had dipped towards the end of August, was up to an average of Rs 37 per kg on Monday in the wholesale market and Rs 100-120 in the retail market.

"Beans are coming in from Himachal Pradesh and have been affected by the heavy unseasonal rain. Peas are also similarly affected and their price is quite high," added Sahani.

Rajendra Sharma, chairman of the Delhi Agrilculture Marketing Board said that the impact of cyclone Phailin would also be felt on prices of fruits and vegetables since whatever was being grown in Odisha would have been destroyed in the heavy showers and subsequent flooding. "Because crops have been ruined there, the government will source vegetables and grains from neighbouring states. This will put additional pressure on an already limited supply," he said.

Sources said that prices would finally stabilize and then fall only after Diwali. "We will see an immediate impact on prices when the rain stops. Diwali is in the beginning of November and by that time we will see prices come down gradually," said sources.

Meanwhile, even as inflation figures for September showed that price of pulses had come down, Delhiites did not benefit from this. Kirana store owners said that pulses, rice, flour etc had been at the same level for the past few months.

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