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Tuesday, Aug 24, 2004
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Agri-Biz & Commodities
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Horticulture/Fruits & Vegetables Logistics - Roadways Vegetable prices up in Delhi Our Bureau
New Delhi , Aug. 23 DELHIITES have started feeling the pinch as the nationwide truckers' strike continued for the third day. Even as the supply of wheat remained by and large uninterrupted, prices of sugar, gur, fruits and vegetables have escalated. "There are hardly any vegetables in the market that are available below Rs 20 per kg. On an average, prices have gone up by around Rs 5 per kg after the strike started," said Mr R. Venkat, a resident of South Delhi. While tomatoes and carrots are available at Rs 24-28 per kg, ladies fingers cost Rs 25 per kg and cauliflower has shot up to Rs 40 per kg, he said. At New Delhi's Azadpur Mandi, Asia's biggest fruit and vegetable market, 863 trucks had arrived between midnight and 7 a.m. carrying items such as bananas, apples, spinach, potatoes and onions, said Mr M.S. Upadhyaya, Deputy Secretary of the Agricultural Markets Produce Committee. "The arrival of trucks is nearly normal. Trucks from neighbouring States are coming in but I haven't seen any from states further away," he said. Still, prices of some fruits and vegetables have risen at the market. Bananas were costlier by Rs 2 a dozen at Rs 12 while onion prices rose to Rs 45 per five kg from Rs 35 last week. Meanwhile, Assocham said the transporters strike has started affecting the deliveries of export orders and therefore, serious efforts needed to be undertaken to end it. It said if the strike prolongs, the exporters would lose huge export orders, resulting in massive foreign exchange loss. The truck operators are on strike since August 21 under the banner of AIMTC, which is demanding a rollback of the 10 per cent service tax announced in the Union Budget for 2004-05.
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