Bhubaneswar, April 22: Days ahead of the simultaneous Assembly and general elections, the price of essential commodities has soared.
The price of common man’s most favoured vegetable potato has soared like anything in the state in last fortnight followed by onion.
The retail price of the commodity has gone up by almost 50 per cent in April. Potato, which was being sold at Rs 20 a kilo in the retail market in the first week of April, is now priced at Rs 30.
The price of onion in the local market suddenly soared from Rs 15 to Rs 25 this week.
Though the price of ginger and garlic has dropped slightly, those are still being sold at Rs 150 and Rs 200 a kg, respectively.
Market insiders said the prices of potato and onion are expected to rise further as the season progresses.
They attributed the sudden rise to the inflated price in the source market due to extreme heat.
