Truckers’ strike: marginal rise in vegetable prices

Coimbatore | Monday | 23rd July, 2018

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The committees consist of top officials from the Departments of Horticulture, Agriculture, Agriculture Marketing and Agriculture Business, Police and Revenue. However, there was no change in prices of vegetables cultivated in the surrounding villages, as they were brought to the markets by farmers in vans, she said. more-inWith the truckers’ strike entering third day on Sunday, the prices of vegetables brought from places such as Oddanchatram in Dindigul and other places increased marginally in the retail markets in the city on Sunday. Onion that was sold at ?22 a kg has increased to ?25, price of potato has increased from ?25 to ?30, and ash gourd from ?15 to ?25 on Sunday. Officials were instructed to ensure regular arrival of vegetables and fruits to the markets in vans and government buses, said M.R..