 "Select vegetables' prices crash on farmers' rush for sale")
Vegetables prices have crashed in the past two weeks due to farmers’ rushing for sales, on worry of spoilage due to a sudden rise in temperatures across the country.
Data compiled by the government-owned National Horticulture Board show cauliflower in the wholesale market here has slumped 25 per cent since March 17, to trade currently at Rs 6 a kg. Bitter gourd and brinjal in Delhi plunged 31.4 per cent and 36.4 per cent in these two weeks, to Rs 24 and Rs 8.75 a kg, respectively. Okra in the Kolkata wholesale market fell by 25.7 per cent to
Data compiled by the government-owned National Horticulture Board show cauliflower in the wholesale market here has slumped 25 per cent since March 17, to trade currently at Rs 6 a kg. Bitter gourd and brinjal in Delhi plunged 31.4 per cent and 36.4 per cent in these two weeks, to Rs 24 and Rs 8.75 a kg, respectively. Okra in the Kolkata wholesale market fell by 25.7 per cent to
