In the wake of scanty monsoon rains and short supply, prices of vegetables in Haryana, Punjab and Chandigarh have soared sharply over the last ten days.
Most of the vegetables including potato, cauliflower, capsicum, beans, green peas, bottle gourd, bitter gourd, spinach, carrot, cucumber, pumpkin, among other vegetables have registered an increase in their prices.
In the retail market, ‘Pahari’ variety of potato is selling between Rs 35-Rs 40 per kg, a jump of around Rs 10 per kg, while another commonly available variety of the tuber crop is priced between Rs 25-Rs 30 per kg, up by nearly Rs 7 a kg.