India: Highway closure causes vegetable shortage
Majority vegetable shops are closed or selling onion,tomato and potato besides some vegetables, including wildproducts.
However, if fresh vegetables are available at some places,their price was out of reach of a common person. Hundreds of trucks, carrying essentials, particularly vegetables are stranded at Jammu, Udhampur and Batote area on thehighway, which was closed yet again from yesterday afternoonfollowing landslides.
Late snowfall and rain had affected local vegetable crops,forcing people to use dried vegetables and pulses again. A kg of tomato now costs Rs 50 against Rs 20 earlier, bean Rs90 to Rs 100 against earlier Rs 30 and Rs 40. Local green vegetable "Hak" also costs Rs 80 to Rs 90 per kgagainst Rs 30 to Rs 40 earlier.
Source: webindia123.com
