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"Vegetable supply to Mumbai had been badly affected due to the heavy rain and only about 15% could be supplied to that city. NASHIK: Supply of vegetables to Mumbai from Nashik , which had been severely affected due to Tuesday's torrential rain in the financial capital, returned to normalcy on Thursday.Traders said that supply had been affected up to 80% on Wednesday, but completely recovered on Thursday, leading to rise in vegetable prices in Nashik as compared to Wednesday, when the rates went down by around 50%.However, vegetable prices have dropped in the last 20 days comparatively due to an overall rise in supply. Brinjal and cauliflower prices have decreased by 33% in the past 20 days. The vegetable prices in Nashik's retail markets were in the high range till August 6.The retail vegetable prices in Nashik have now declined 25% to 50% in the past 20 days due to a rise in supply.Chilli prices have declined by almost 50% to Rs 40 per kg on August 31, as against Rs 80 on August 06. But the supply returned to normalcy on Thursday..