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Time of India
24-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Unseasonal rain leads to spike in veggie prices, led by tomato
Navi Mumbai/Mumbai: Early rain showers have raised the prices of certain vegetables across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, mainly led by tomato which has shot to Rs 50 per kg in retail. Besides this, green leafy vegetables, chillies, cauliflower, capsicum, green peas and french beans are also costlier. Traders say heavy rain in the cultivation areas of Maharashtra has caused tomato supply to diminish. The showers have impacted both crop production and transportation. As a result supplies are being sourced from Karnataka. On Friday, APMC Vashi wholesale market saw tomato prices treble to Rs 30-35 per kg from Rs 10-12 which is the normal average. Market director Shankar Pingale said, "First the heat then unseasonal rain. Both have sequentially caused a shortfall in arrivals, resulting in vegetable prices rising by 15-20%. This is an annual cycle." On Friday, the retail rate of tomato in Mumbai rose to Rs 40 in Lokhandwala Complex, and Rs 50 across Seven Bungalows, Andheri, Khar, Borivali and Navi Mumbai. In Malad and Matunga, best quality tomato cost Rs 60. The normal rate is 20-30 per kilo. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Trade Bitcoin & Ethereum – No Wallet Needed! IC Markets Start Now Undo At Seven Bungalows, Andheri, green grocer Ravi L Soni said, "Tomato has risen to Rs 50. It was already wilting in the heat and then we had a spell of rain, causing further damage. Green leafy vegetables are costlier too. Spinach is up from Rs 10 to 25 per bundle, methi has gone up from Rs 20 to Rs 40 and coriander has shot from Rs 20 to Rs 50 per bundle. The tomato crop is damaged in Nashik and surrounding areas because of unseasonal rain so we are now receiving supplies from Karnataka. Watch out for onion next. Traders have started storing their produce since the rains have started so onion prices will rise too." Vendor Bheem Gupta of Malad said, "Most common vegetables like brinjal, pumpkin, lady finger are still normally priced at Rs 80-100 per kg but the current increase is led by tomato. Good quality fruit costs Rs 60, up from Rs 20-25 while normal grades are Rs 40-50. Apart from this, round gourd (tinda), green peas and french beans are expensive at Rs 160. These items are anyway normally costly." APMC wholesalers expect vegetable prices to increase further. Trader Balasaheb Badade said, "It seems the monsoon has already arrived. Farmers have suffered huge losses due to unseasonal rain. Vegetables arriving in APMC also appear wilted." Wholesale cauliflower prices were the first to increase this week from Rs 15-20 to Rs 30-40 per kg. Retailer Ashok Kumar Sahu reported lower sales due to high prices. Vendors are cautious about stocking large quantities. Navi Mumbai homemaker Vrushali Dasai described the situation as challenging, saying families are reducing their vegetable purchases. The price escalation of essential kitchen items has created difficulties for household budget management. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Brother's Day wishes , messages and quotes !
Time of India
27-04-2025
- Time of India
BEST to get 1,500 new buses by September
The BEST has announced that it will expedite the pace with which the buses are being inducted in its fleet. With at least 100-200 buses being added every month, the BEST fleet is expected to have a total of 1,500 buses by September or October, a senior official said. The fleet has already hit a low at 2,800 buses, with BEST-owned fleet reducing below 750 buses and this has left commuters fuming as they wait for over 30 minutes at most bus stops across the city. You Can Also Check: Mumbai AQI | Weather in Mumbai | Bank Holidays in Mumbai | Public Holidays in Mumbai Another decision taken by BEST this month is to shorten some of the existing routes. Recently, it split a few routes into two -- a long distance route from Andheri in Mumbai's western suburbs to Vashi in Navi Mumbai. Commuters are not happy with the bus routes being split and eventually some of these routes being stopped, said bus fan and regular traveller Shubham Padave on Friday. Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Play this game for 1 minute and see why everyone is addicted. Undo "For example, recently route 533L from Andheri to Vashi has been split in two halves. Route A533: APMC Vashi to Ghatkopar and route A433 is now from Ghatkopar to Andheri. Now for Ghatkopar - Andheri section, we already have a well established route A340. and for Ghatkopar - Vashi, we have route A C53 Exp and A 511. There is no need for splitting the long route which was beneficial to many,"he said. A senior official said that BEST will focus on deploying more buses on busy and profit making routes. This is to ensure that the maximum number of people are catered -- some places people are waiting and other places there are no passengers but buses are plying. Wherever there are hardly any passengers, there will be few or no buses. Also, bunching buses -- with 3-4 buses travelling back to back on the same route -- will be stopped immediately, an official added. The BEST also curtailed a route recently, route 502 Limited, from Nerul Sector 46/48 to Tata Power Station, Chembur. It is learnt that this has now been converted to Midi AC bus and curtailed as Nerul Sector 46/48 to Deonar depot bus. Similarly, two routes were suspended lately -- route 720 Limited from Malvani depot to Bhayander station East and route A-290 from Marol Maroshi bus station to Poisar depot. Said Padave: "The route 720 Limited was suspended last year but it resumed operations after a few months, and now it is suspended for a second time. Similarly route 290 was a Limited bus route which was converted to AC route (A-290) and benefitted commuters. But its suspension from service is a loss to many. The curtailment of the route from Navi Mumbai to Mumbai is also disappointing."
