Floods in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka lead to hike in onion prices.Byline: ANI Nasik, Oct 9(ANI): The floods in Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (än`drə prä`dāsh), state (2001 provisional pop. 75,727,541), 106,052 sq mi (275,608 sq km), SE India, on the Bay of Bengal. The capital is Hyderabad. and Karnataka, described by officials as the worst in many decades, have led to an increase in the prices of onions across the country. The floods have destroyed onion crops in the two States and have affected its availability, due to which traders dealing in onions in Maharashtra's Nasik district, another major producer of onions and the main supplier to north India Introduction Northern India is a geographic and linguistic-cultural region of India which approximately corresponds to the northern region of the Indian subcontinent. , have increased the prices. "Last week onions were being sold at a rate of Rs.500-600 per quintal QUINTAL. A weight of one hundred pounds , but now it is being sold at a rate of Rs.1400-1500 per quintal. The reason behind this is floods in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, we have been unable to procure onions from these two states especially from Kurnool district Coordinates: Kurnool District is a district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, located in the west-central part of the state on the southern banks of the Tungabhadra and Handri rivers. . So, there has been an effect in the prices," said Parasmal Bohra, a trader dealing in onions. The soaring prices have dented common man's pocket, who is being forced to purchase onions even at high rates. "The onions have become extremely expensive. We are poor people we can't eat such expensive onions," said Seeta Devi, a local. The vegetable sellers attribute shortage of onions to floods and have found a valid reason for hiking the prices, upsetting the people's budgets The 1909 People's Budget was a product of Herbert Asquith's Liberal government that introduced many unprecedented taxes on the wealthy and radical social welfare programmes to Britain's political life. badly. The floods have wrecked havoc in northern parts of Karnataka, described by officials as the worst in many decades, killing over 280 people besides rendering several thousands homeless. While in Andhra Pradesh, River Tungabhadra, which flows from Karnataka and joins River Krishna went in spate and has made at least five million people suffer. Floodwaters have swamped hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland and damaged standing crops of sugarcane, maize maize: see corn. , rice and wheat. The loss of sugarcane has given rise to worries of sharp fall in the output of sugar in Karnataka, the country's third-biggest producer. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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