Vegetable rates shoot up due to rains

“Our supplies come mostly from Himachal Pradesh,Punjab and Haryana. A major portion of the produce got damaged in transit last week due to the heavy showers in the region. The rains have damaged some crops,” said Lucky Sawhney,President of Market Association,Sector 26.

Though there has not been any immediate change in the costs of milk and dairy products,their costs have been revised many times over the past few months. Since January 2011,the cost of milk per kg has gone up by Rs 3,while the total increase in costs of paneer and curd amount to Rs 15 and Rs 10 per kg,respectively.