Tomato prices overtook apples, prices of green vegetables increased, know what Tina Yadav said on inflation

Bareilly: In Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, tomato has overtaken apple in terms of prices. Here tomatoes are being sold for 100 to 120 rupees per kg, while apples are being sold for 100 to 110 rupees per kg. Tomato prices have increased five times in a week. With this, ginger has reached Rs 250 per kg. This is the condition of vegetables in all the mandis of UP.

Along with this, there has been a huge increase in the prices of green vegetables in a week. Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav’s daughter Tina Yadav has taken a jibe on Twitter over the rising inflation of green vegetables. He tweeted on Twitter with a photo of a tomato “What is the rate of tomato in your city?”. In response to this, the followers are besieging the government on rising inflation along with the rate.

Along with this, people talked about the disappearance of green vegetables from the plate of the poor. Till a few days back, the price of okra in Bareilly vegetable market was Rs 15 to 18 per kg. But, now it has increased to Rs 35. Similarly, ridge gourd increased from Rs 15 to Rs 30, bottle gourd from Rs 10 to Rs 15-20 per kg, ginger from Rs 240 to Rs 250, chilli from Rs 25 to Rs 45, green coriander from Rs 50 to Rs 100, onion from Rs 15 to Rs 25, onion from Rs 20 to Rs 30 per kg and Old potato has reached 1000 to 1300 rupees per quintal.

Know why the prices of vegetables increased

According to the vegetable vendors, the arrival of green vegetables in the vegetable market does not happen properly during the rainy season. Due to rain it is not possible to pluck the crop from the fields and due to this its loading is also affected. In fact, due to water-logging, vehicles are not able to reach the fields conveniently. In such a situation, due to less supply, the prices of vegetables are increasing.

Wholesale vegetable market will remain closed for two days

The wholesale vegetable market at Delapir in Bareilly will remain closed from 5 pm on June 28 to 5 pm on June 30. There will be two days holiday here. During this, there will be no arrival of vegetables and fruits in the market. Even more than this, the price is expected to increase.

The prices of vegetables are not expected to come down at present.

Eid ul Azha (Bakrid) is on 29th June. After this, the month of Sawan is starting from 4th July. After Sawan, other festivals will also start. It is believed that the rise in the prices of vegetables will continue during this period as well. At the same time, the prices of green vegetables have also started increasing. People are not expected to get relief from this very soon. Due to expensive vegetables, there is more burden on their pocket.

Report Muhammad Sajid Bareilly