Onion costs which have stayed between 20 to 25 per kg by a lot of the yr are heading in direction of a steeper rise on the apni mandis throughout town with charges touching 30 per kg within the wake of provide points.

Speaking about the identical, Punjab Mandi Board officers mentioned the identical has been prompted as the provision of onions coming from Alwar in Rajasthan was affected.

“While the provision of Rajasthan onions has decreased, the worth of the white onion from Nashik has gone up. The wholesale costs for this may vary between 22 to 27 per kg,” said one of the mandi supervisors posted with PMB, Harpreet Singh.

The price of onions is however unlikely to increase exponentially as it did in previous years’ winter months crossing 50 per kg at times. It is expected to decrease in the following weeks as per mandi officials.

The price of cauliflower, meanwhile, has also gone up by 10 per kg, but this has more to do with the increased demand.

“During December end there are lots of langars and celebrations and during the wedding season there is a high demand for cauliflower. It is likely to come down in January now,” Singh added.

Apart from this, the worth of different greens continues to stay on the decrease facet as a result of lengthy dry spell seen within the area. As per Singh, native crops have been grown in abundance since there was no main rain within the area in November and December and costs are more likely to keep low over the winter months.