more-inVegetable prices are fluctuating in the city shops as Onam nears even as traders here predict a not-so-costly Onam on account of vegetable producing areas receiving copious rains. “Vegetable suppliers in Tamil Nadu do not foresee a scarcity or higher prices as most of the areas in the State have received sufficient rains,” said a wholesale vegetable dealer in Kochi on Sunday. Shallots (small onions) have taken the place of tomatoes with the price of the vegetable now ranging around ₹90 a kg in the retail market. The price of vegetable cowpea has stabilised at around ₹50 a kg; okra and French beans are selling for ₹36 and ₹50 a kg respectively. The price of green chilli is around ₹50 a kg in the retail market.

Source: The Hindu August 20, 2017 17:05 UTC