New Delhi: When life offers you lemons, make lemonade, so goes the saying! But what are you able to do when procuring lemon itself turns into a job? Hike in fuel prices has left vegetable prices hovering and lemon particularly has grow to be a dear commodity.
With the arrival of the summer season season, the prices of lemons have skyrocketed over the previous week and a single lemon is being offered at Rs 10 in Hyderabad metropolis. Vendors expressed their considerations over the rising worth of lemon saying that buyers will not be prepared to buy the citrus fruit at such the next worth.”The prices have gone really high. Earlier, we used to purchase a whole lemon sack for Rs 700 which now costs Rs 3,500. We are selling a single lemon for Rs 10 and nobody is ready to buy it. Nobody is ready to accept that the prices have gone up and are leaving without the purchase of the lemons,” Venkatesh roadside vendor advised ANI.
Lakshmi, one other retailer, stated that she is shopping for an entire bag of lemons at Rs 3,000 at current.”I have bought the whole bag for Rs 3,000 and selling a dozen for Rs 120 but nobody is ready to buy. The green lemons can be sold even after two days but the yellow ones need to be sold right away as they rot. Nobody is buying lemon at such a higher price,” stated Lakshmi.
Customers say that rising costs are burning a gap of their pockets. “The prices are very high. I bought a dozen of lemons for Rs 120. Earlier, I used to purchase them for Rs 20. The prices are increasing due to the summer season,” stated Tarannum, a buyer.
Meanwhile, even in Gujarat’s Surat, lemon prices have seen a hike due to scarcity in provide and excessive calls for throughout summer season. “The price of lemon has increased extensively because of the huge damage to lemon plants during cyclone last year in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat,” stated a vegetable wholesaler.
In Uttarakhand, due to the rise in fuel prices in Haridwar, greens and fruits grow to be costly “The prices of almost all vegetables have increased, lemon is being sold at Rs 200-250 per kg and gourd is selling at Rs 30-35 per kg in the mandi,” stated a vegetable vendor.
Vegetable prices in Delhi and adjoining areas have shot up due to a rise within the transportation price consequently of the fuel worth hike, leaving the shoppers in addition to the sellers struggling. “Tomatoes are now being sold for Rs 40 per kg whereas earlier, the price was between Rs 25 and Rs 30. Bottle gourd is now being sold for Rs 40 per kg. Even the price of potatoes has gone up. It is now available for Rs 25 per kg. Earlier, it used to be sold for Rs 10 per kg,” Dharmendra Singh, a vegetable vendor in Lajpat Nagar.
“We no longer give green chilies to customers for free. Lemon is available in the market for Rs 350 per kg, which means you would not even get one for Rs 10. Capsicum is Rs 100 per kg. Then the customers bargain. They know that the prices have gone up, but still they ask for chilies for free,” Akhilesh, one other vendor, stated.
