Onion prices drop to Rs 25/kg in Chennai
TNN | Feb 12, 2020, 04.06 AM IST
TNN | Feb 12, 2020, 04.06 AM IST
CHENNAI: An additional dash of onions sprinkled over chats or uttappams is no longer a luxury. After months of soaring prices, touching almost Rs200 a kilogram, it is now selling at Rs 25 in most retail markets and online stores. And if you shop in Koyambedu, the prices could be up to Rs 5 less.
Besides import, the new onion crop has brought down the prices drastically. The exhorbitant cost of the kitchen staple had affected food prices in eateries and even led to onion thefts. Since the onion yield now is good, the market is again getting supplies from Nasik, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. “We are back to normal. We have more supply than the demand. So, cost has come down,” said R Sounderrajan, head of the Koyambedu Onion Trader Association.
Cost of other veggies such as tomatoes, beans, carrots, capsicum and cauliflower are also low. While a kilogram of radish and bottle gourd is retailing at Rs10, tomatoes and okra cost Rs12 per kg, premium quality of cauliflower and a kilo of beans is sold at Rs20. “They cost up to Rs5 lesser in Koyambedu,” said Rajesh Kumar, who has a retail shop at Koyambedu market.
Almost nearing the end of season, peas is being sold at Rs35 a kg, butter beans at Rs100 and double beans at Rs80. Spicy ingredients like green chillies and ginger are also easy on the pocket at Rs15 per kg.
The only vegetable still causing a heartburn for households is the drumstick at Rs110 per kg. “One stick costs Rs12 even in Koyambedu,” said Sounderrajan. “But in a few weeks it will come down to Rs10 for three to five sticks. Soon, we will have a good harvest within the state,” he said.
Besides import, the new onion crop has brought down the prices drastically. The exhorbitant cost of the kitchen staple had affected food prices in eateries and even led to onion thefts. Since the onion yield now is good, the market is again getting supplies from Nasik, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. “We are back to normal. We have more supply than the demand. So, cost has come down,” said R Sounderrajan, head of the Koyambedu Onion Trader Association.
Cost of other veggies such as tomatoes, beans, carrots, capsicum and cauliflower are also low. While a kilogram of radish and bottle gourd is retailing at Rs10, tomatoes and okra cost Rs12 per kg, premium quality of cauliflower and a kilo of beans is sold at Rs20. “They cost up to Rs5 lesser in Koyambedu,” said Rajesh Kumar, who has a retail shop at Koyambedu market.
Almost nearing the end of season, peas is being sold at Rs35 a kg, butter beans at Rs100 and double beans at Rs80. Spicy ingredients like green chillies and ginger are also easy on the pocket at Rs15 per kg.
The only vegetable still causing a heartburn for households is the drumstick at Rs110 per kg. “One stick costs Rs12 even in Koyambedu,” said Sounderrajan. “But in a few weeks it will come down to Rs10 for three to five sticks. Soon, we will have a good harvest within the state,” he said.
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