Vegetable prices rise due to heavy rains and floods

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By Indika Aruna Kumara

Agrarian Organisations in the Central Province warned that the already soaring prices of vegetables would further increase due to the prevailing heavy rain and floods, which have caused crop devastation.

Vegetable cultivators expressed concern about harvesting their crops and applying fertilizer to their vegetable fields. They pointed out that vegetable cultivation in several areas in the Central Province had been devastated by floods.

They said tomatoes, beans, brinjals, and green chillies were the worst affected crops.

A representative of the Ambana Farmer Organisation, Y.M.S. Bandara, said wholesale traders from outstations were unavailable due to the breakdown of transport, preventing them from purchasing vegetables at the Economic Centers.

Comments - 6

eddy Saturday, 30 November 2024 10:13 AM

But no one to complain. The infamous protesters are now in power. If not, the story would have been different. The ao called protesters would demand a price down whether its bad or good weather.

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Smart Alec Saturday, 30 November 2024 10:25 AM

Are you out of mind?

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Debra Saturday, 30 November 2024 10:27 AM

Petty mind set. Reason for the down fall of the country. It’s about time people like you realize what the country had gone through for 76 long years. If at all you eat rice including salt

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Tsunami hora Saturday, 30 November 2024 10:37 AM

Most people are sensible enough to help those who are in distress due inclement weather. This is a national calamity and not the time to complain about Aragalaya.

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Dee Saturday, 30 November 2024 10:57 AM

We do remember the ‘carrot’ stories that went on social media. Good those people now have rat their own stories. So now, the weather is to blame. Those days it was the government that was to be blamed !

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D P P Prasad Saturday, 30 November 2024 11:07 AM

Certain vegetable traders and touts may capitalise this pathetic situation. They are deliberately increasing the prices of the vegetables in order to keep up a good profit by selling the vegetables at exorbitant prices. Therefore the government intervention is much more needed to control the prices of the vegetables

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