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Rains play spoilsport with vegetable prices
Updated On: 30 August, 2011 07:11 AM IST | | Saurabh Katkurwar
The rotting of sodden vegetables in farms may create a shortfall in the market, causing prices to rise during Ganeshotsav this year
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The rotting of sodden vegetables in farms may create a shortfall in the market, causing prices to rise during Ganeshotsav this year
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It's not just your weekends that the rains have been spoiling. A corollary of the relentless downpours is rotting vegetables in the farms and fields.
This means that the prices for chillies, pumpkins, cauliflowers could rise by at least 20-30 per cent, especially when demand increases during the upcoming Ganeshotsav.
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