Pune: The recent rains have led to a decrease in the supply of fruit vegetables, resulting in reduced demand from customers. This has caused prices of tomatoes, chilies, beans, and bell peppers to drop, while other fruit vegetable prices have remained stable, according to traders.

At the Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji Market Yard wholesale market on Sunday, August 4, the arrival of 80 to 90 trucks of fruit vegetables was recorded from within the state and neighboring states.

Specifically, the market saw the arrival of 8 to 10 tempos of green chilies from Karnataka, Gujarat, and Andhra Pradesh; 3 to 4 tempos each of cabbage from Karnataka and Gujarat; 2 to 3 tempos each of beans and yardlong beans from Karnataka; 4 to 5 tempos of drumsticks from Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu; 8 to 9 tempos of carrots from Indore, Madhya Pradesh; and 7 to 8 tempos of garlic from Madhya Pradesh, reported senior trader Vilas Bhujbal from the Market Yard.

From the Pune division, the arrivals included 500 to 600 sacks of colocasia, 7 to 8 tempos of okra, 7 to 8 tempos of cluster beans, 10 to 11 thousand crates of tomatoes, 4 to 5 tempos of green chilies, 10 to 12 tempos of bell peppers, 8 to 10 tempos of peas, 8 to 10 tempos of cucumbers, 4 to 5 tempos of cabbage, 10 to 12 tempos of cauliflower, 60 sacks of peanuts, 10 to 12 tempos of red pumpkins, 80 trucks of onions, and 50 tempos of potatoes from Indore, Agra, and local areas.

Slight Increase in Prices of Cilantro, Fenugreek, and Dill

The rains have also caused a decrease in the supply of leafy vegetables, leading to a slight increase in the prices of cilantro, fenugreek, dill, amaranth, and chard.

Prices of other leafy vegetables remained stable. On Sunday, the market received one lakh bundles of cilantro and 50,000 bundles of fenugreek, according to traders.

In the wholesale market, prices per hundred bundles of leafy vegetables were: cilantro 800 to 1500 rupees, fenugreek 800 to 1200 rupees, dill 500 to 800 rupees, green onions 800 to 1500 rupees, amaranth 400 to 700 rupees, mustard greens 300 to 600 rupees, mint 400 to 1000 rupees, roselle 500 to 800 rupees, radish 800 to 1500 rupees, chard 400 to 800 rupees, and spinach 300 to 700 rupees, as per traders.