Onion Price In Maharashtra: The disaster in the country makes the farmers cry. Last year, floods, rains and drought destroyed crops worth lakhs of rupees. The crops of many farmers were damaged. But it is not that these are the only reasons for loss to the crops of the farmers. Apart from this, there are other reasons for damage to the crop. Such special reasons have emerged behind the decrease in the price of onion crop in Maharashtra. Here farmers have suffered a loss of lakhs of rupees on selling onions.
Price reduced by Rs 300 per quintal due to two days holiday
According to media reports, the auction started in the Solapur Agricultural Produce Market Committee of Maharashtra after 2 pm on Tuesday. After this, the auction was closed on Wednesday and the next day on Thursday due to Republic Day. Onion could not be sold due to closure of auction for two days. But during this time the arrival of onion in the market increased rapidly. A record 1,200 trucks reached Mandi on Friday. Due to the arrival of such a large number of trucks, a crisis has arisen in the sale of onions. Its direct impact was on its price. Experts say that onion sacks were kept everywhere in the market. Due to excess onion, its prices decreased by Rs 300 per quintal.
Farmers would have suffered if they had not sold
Experts say that selling onions at cheap prices had become a compulsion for the farmers. After bringing onions to the market, he could not take them back to the farm or home. Onion cannot be stored for long without cold storage. It starts getting spoiled while keeping it. Looking at all the facts, farmers sold onions at cheap rates only.
Farmers upset, people happy with purchase
The effect of the arrival of such a large number of trucks in a single day was clearly seen in the prices of onions. Where the farmers got upset due to the reduction in the price of onion by Rs 300 per quintal. At the same time, the common people were happy with the purchase of onions. They got onions at very cheap prices. Experts say that this situation is rarely seen that there is a holiday and its effect falls on the price of a crop.
Here is the status of onion in other markets
Experts say that the Lasalgaon APMC market is considered to be the biggest onion market in the country. Here the effect of increase or decrease in onion prices is seen in the whole country. Every day about 15 thousand quintal onions come for sale here. A large number of 20 thousand quintal onions were auctioned on Monday. Here the minimum rate of onion was recorded at Rs 501 per quintal, the maximum rate was Rs 1551. On Monday, the price of onion reached Rs 1370 per quintal in Nashik’s APMC. Earlier it was Rs 1425 per quintal. A decline of Rs 45 per quintal was recorded in the price of onion.
Disclaimer: Some of the information given in the news is based on media reports. Farmer brothers, before implementing any suggestion, do consult the concerned expert.
