Prior to Diwali, Pune witnesses fall in vegetable prices

The average wholesale price of onions reduced from ₹150-250 per 10 kilogramme to ₹180- 200 per 10 kilogramme. However since the wholesale onion markets in Nashik will remain shut for 7 days during Diwali, the possibility of spike in the prices of onion is likely.

The prices of vegetables are likely to drop by 10-15 per cent prior Diwali, due to increase in supply and reduced demand, informed traders from agricultural produce market committee (APMC).

Vegetables hit low rates at market yard in Pune, on Sunday (Rahul Raut/HT PHOTO)

“Rates of vegetables are based on demand and supply of the market. On Sunday, APMC market Pune, received 160 trucks of vegetables, a bumper arrival after mid-October,” said Vilas Bhujbal, president, Chhatrapati Shivaji market yard traders and agents association, Pune.

The average wholesale price of onions reduced from ₹150-250 per 10 kilogramme to ₹180- 200 per 10 kilogramme. However since the wholesale onion markets in Nashik will remain shut for 7 days during Diwali, the possibility of spike in the prices of onion is likely. With this prices of cucumber reduced from ₹200-220 per 10 kilogramme to ₹140-180 per 10 kilogramme. Prices of ladies finger fell from ₹250-300 per 10 kilogramme to ₹250 per 10 kilogramme. On Sunday potatoes were sold at a slightly higher price compared to last week at ₹140 - 230 per 10 kilogrammes to last week’s ₹150 - 220 per 10 kilogrammes. Cost of carrot decreased from ₹100-250 per 10 kilogram to ₹100-150 per 10 kilogram. As many as two trucks of green peas from Himachal Pradesh arrived in the city.

A total of 15 tempos of green chillies and 80 trucks of onions arrived at the APMC, Pune, on Sunday.