CUTRACK: The retail prices of onion in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar markets have touched Rs 60 per kilogram and the traders are expecting that the rates will further increase in the coming weeks.
At a time when residents are trying to limp back from the economic loses they have so far faced due to the Covid-19 lockdowns and shutdowns, the skyrocketing prices of the staple veggies like onion and potato have hit their pocket hard.
Secretary of Chhatra Bazaar Traders’ Association, Debendra Sahu attributed the rise in price to the high cost of onion in Nasik, which is the source market of onions for Odisha, and the recent flood triggered by rainfall in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
