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The Hindu
25-05-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
Dry fruits, saffron gets expensive in Bengaluru as arrivals from Kashmir take a hit
Following the recent terror attack in Pahalgam, the prices of dry fruits and saffron, which are brought in mainly from Kashmir, have increased in Bengaluru as the attack reportedly has had an effect on trade. According to dry fruits sellers, the price of walnuts has increased from ₹1,000 per kg to ₹1,500 per kg and almonds have gone up from ₹700 per kg to ₹900 kg. The price of saffron has shot up from ₹250 per gram to ₹450 per gram. The traders said that after the tragic incident, they have not received dry fruits and saffron from Kashmir and their stocks are depleting. Vinayaka from S. Kumar and Sons in Shivajinagar said, 'The dry fruits stopped coming from Kashmir a month ago and the suppliers from Kashmir are not answering calls.' The traders also said that the attack occurred during the important month of Mousam-E-Khazan (season of peak produce) and affected trade. President of Cantonment Fruits and Dry Fruits Merchants Association, Mohammed Idrees Choudhury said, 'The demand for saffron, especially, has increased due to the reduction in its availability. I have been unable to fulfil the orders placed by my regular customers, which include 5-star hotels. Not just me, but most traders have been forced to use the stock that arrived before the Pahalgam attack.' The price rise has also affected the consumption patterns of customers. Ramesh, a customer of M.S. Stores, Vijayanagar, expressed his concerns regarding the recent surge in saffron prices and its impact on his family's consumption. He noted that his elderly mother has relied on the addition of saffron to her milk daily; however, the price increase has made it challenging for them to continue this practice. Stock stuck in Kashmir Kursheed Ahmed Dar, a Kashmiri dry fruit trader based in Srinagar, said that loads of produce were stuck in Kashmir, without a way to reach Delhi, so it can be distributed to the rest of the country. He urged the government to resolve the impasse soon and help the locals to make an honest living. While demand continues to grow across the country, the inability to access markets has left farmers and traders in Jammu and Kahsmir in a state of uncertainty. Mr. Dar lamented it may take several years to recover the losses they have incurred this year.
Hans India
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Schedule a meeting with CM Chandrababu Naidu to discuss Tungabhadra: DCM DK Shivakumar requests Andhra DCM Pawan Kalyan
Bengaluru: Bharath Anjanappa'Schedule a meeting with the Andhra Pradesh Chief Ministers to discuss the use of our share of Tungabhadra river water,' DCM DK Shivakumar requested Andhra Pradesh DCM Pawan Kalyan. DCM Shivakumar was speaking at a program to hand over Karnataka's Kumki elephants to Andhra Pradesh held at the Vidhana Soudha premises on Wednesday. 'Good luck to Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, who has come to the elephant handover program. May the relationship between Andhra and our state continue to improve. We need to discuss the use of our share of 24 TMC water with your Chief Minister. You should only take up this and schedule a meeting,' he said. 'The elephant is the form of Vinayaka. We are handing over six elephants trained to the Andhra Pradesh government so that they can remove all obstacles in Andhra Pradesh. Our state has the power to send as many elephants as it needs. Karnataka is rich in animal wealth. The next generation should witness this wealth. My village is adjacent to Tamil Nadu. I saw more than 50 elephants clinging to the wall of my house as a child. I also have a video of it,' he said. 'Training elephants is a difficult task. You may have seen a movie about Khedda in the past. Those were the days when elephants were chased and caught and tamed. We should work to protect our wildlife. After a fight with Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre, 50 percent of our forest area has been covered with railway fencing. Many of our farmers have lost their lives to elephants,' he said. 'Our forest department has restricted only jungle lodges and resorts to conduct safaris in the Kabini forest area. It is a good thing that private individuals are not allowed. I went to Kabini to celebrate my birthday. I had not been to Kabini before. The forest department did show tigers and leopards. Later, in the backwaters, they showed more than 150 elephants in just half an hour. Officials said that there are more than two lakh deer here.' "Earlier, when Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi came to the state during Dussehra, I had arranged for them to have a picnic in a place called Orange County. I was unable to go due to various reasons," he said.
