The eleven Uzhavar Sandhais in Salem district registered a recorded sales turnover of vegetables to the tune of Rs. 40.16 lakh on Tamil New Year Day on Tuesday.
A total of 1,108 farmers had brought about 200 tonnes of vegetables, greens, fruits etc to the 11 Uzhavar Sandhais in the district. About 43,500 men and women visited these markets to procure vegetables for Tamil New Year celebration.
As usual, the Uzhavar Sandhai in Suramangalam, topped the list with a sales turnover of Rs. 9.68 lakh. About 250 farmers had brought 46 tonnes of vegetables and 9,250 consumers visited the sandhai .
The Thadagapatti Sandhai attracted 220 farmers who brought 34 tonnes of vegetables. About 6,800 consumers visited the sandhai and procured vegetables worth Rs. 6.44 lakh. The Ammapettai sandhai attracted 84 farmers with 16 tonnes of vegetables. About 4,000 consumers purchased vegetables worth Rs. 3 lakh. The Hasthampatti sandhai, the fourth market in the city, registered a sales turover of Rs. 2.75 lakh, with 3,300 consumers procuring 13 tonnes of vegetables.
The Uzhavar Sandhais in the rural areas of Attaiyampatti, Attur, Mettur, Thammampatti, Jalagandapuram, Edappadi, Elampillai too received a good stream of visitors from the break of dawn on Tuesday, the State Horticulture Department sources told The Hindu .
The price of vegetables such as beans, lady’s finger, tomato, snake gourd, ridge gourd registered upward trend. The beans priced at Rs. 48 per kg last week was sold at Rs. 68 on Tuesday. The price of lady’s finger stood at Rs. 30 per kg (Rs. 24 last week); tomato Rs. 12 (Rs. 10); snake gourd Rs. 16 (Rs. 12) per kg.
The price of brinjal was Rs. 10 per kg ; sambar onion Rs. 20 per kg , and bellary onion Rs. 22 per kg.
