In vegetable-rich S'garh, high prices burn wallets of consumers

SUNDARGARH district may have been a bulk producer of vegetables but continues to grapple with spiralling prices of the essentials this winter.

- PRASANJEET SARKAR @Rourkela

The rising prices have heaped additional miseries on the consumers amid prolonged inflation of all other food commodities. In fact, the consumers are getting battered from all sides.

Market sources at Rourkela informed that among staple vegetables, potato is priced at ₹45 per kg while onion is costlier at ₹55 per kg. For potato, Rourkela city and other markets of Sundargarh are dependent on West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh whereas Nashik largely caters to the onion needs.