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The retail prices of essential vegetables such as tomato and onion have almost doubled in the last one month, vendors said on Wednesday.
The tomatoes were being sold at Nehru Colony vegetable market in Dehradun at Rs 80 per kg on Wednesday. The prices of onion have also touched Rs 80 per kg, vendors said.
“In one month time, the prices of the two essential vegetables have almost doubled,” said Sushil Kumar, a vegetable Vendor.
The prices of various vegetables like cauliflower, cabbage, lady-finger, brinjal have seen substantial increase in the last one month.
Last year, the prices of tomato have zoomed to Rs 300-350 per kg in Dehradun.
Meanwhile, congress leaders have condemned the hefty increase in the prices of vegetables saying it would adversely affect the people especially the poor.
“There are two big factors for the increase of prices of vegetables – the monsoon season is ending and other being the coming festival season beginning next month,” said a trader in the whole-sale market in Dehradun.