- Farmers are not able to sell their produce even for ₹2

Darang (Assam), 29 December (HS): Farmers in Kharupetia of the Darrang district are worried due to the sudden fall in the prices of fresh vegetables. Farmers are saying that they are not even getting the fare to bring the vegetables from the field to the market. Many farmers are forced to throw away their vegetables.

Farmers of Kharupetia bring their fresh vegetables to Balugaon wholesale market to sell, but due to lack of buyers in the market, they have to sell vegetables at very low prices. A farmer said that the cauliflower crop has become worthless in the market. Hundreds of farmers of the area have brought their vegetables to the market, but they are looking frustrated due to not being able to sell their vegetables in the market. While cauliflower, cabbage, etc. are being sold at the rate of ₹30 to ₹40 per kilogram in various markets of Assam, farmers are waiting for customers at Kharupetia's Balugaon wholesale vegetable market at ₹2 and ₹3 per kilogram.

The farmer says that it is becoming difficult to even recover the rent of bringing the vegetables from the farm to the market. They have to throw away the vegetables earned by their hard work in the market.

The price of vegetables in Balugaon wholesale vegetable market is as follows:

Cauliflower ₹2 to 4 per kg

Cabbage ₹5 per kg

Tomato ₹15 to 16 per kg

Carrot ₹38 per kg

Brinjal ₹6 to 7 per kg

Bean ₹22 to 23 per kg

Chilli ₹30 to 32 per kg

Radish ₹4 to 5 per kg

Cauliflower ₹12/14 per kg

Beet ₹32 to 33 per kg

Ridge gourd ₹34/35 per kg

Arui ₹7/8 per kg

Capsicum ₹40/42 per kg

Sweet potato ₹10 per kg

Gooseberry ₹12/14 per kg.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Sriprakash