Sambalpur: Price Rise in Kitchen Essentials; Skyrocketing Costs Leave Customers Struggling
Sambalpur: Every household kitchen requires potatoes, tomatoes, and onions. Even economically secure families cannot go without these necessities. Potatoes and onions now cost ₹40 per kilogram, while tomatoes are ₹60 per kilogram. Sambalpur’s daily markets in areas like the government bus stand, Gobindatola, and Ainthapali show high prices in the morning, slightly decreasing by noon when traders return home. Potato prices drop to ₹35. Other essential vegetables are sold at high prices, often exceeding ₹50 per kilogram.
Currently, vegetables like pumpkin (makhan) cost ₹20, while bottle gourd (laau), sponge gourd (dudka), and green papaya are priced at ₹30 per kilogram. Cabbage, cucumber, raw banana, spinach, jackfruit, and carrot are sold for ₹40 per kilogram. Cauliflower and brinjal cost ₹50, while kunduru, lady finger, radish, parwal, beans, and ridge gourd (janhi) cost ₹60 per kilogram. Prices for vegetables such as kakada, saru, and green chili start at ₹80, while tinda costs ₹100 per kg. Capsicum costs ₹60 per kilogram, while ginger and garlic cost ₹50 for 250 grams each.
Considering the mental state of the consumers, traders have stopped quoting prices per kilogram. Instead, they are quoting prices for smaller quantities like 250 grams at ₹15 or ₹20. As a result, many consumers are now buying only 250 grams instead of a full kilogram.
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Local small shops are selling at even higher prices. Consumers are in distress as a result of the increased prices. The ongoing heatwave has hampered local vegetable production, keeping prices elevated. Without the arrival of monsoon season vegetables, prices are expected to stay high or rise further.
Additionally, the market price for pulses is causing concern. Pulses are typically priced above ₹150 per kilogram, with some, such as arhar dal, reaching ₹180. Because of the high import costs of potatoes, onions, tomatoes, and pulses from other states, local residents are urging the administration to take action to control these prices.
