Squeezing Lemon Even Brings Tear In Eyes, Commoners Budget Disrupted….Here’s How

S Sahoo April 9, 2022

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New Delhi, Apr 9: Lemon prices across the country have soared high. The price hike has turned this common cooking ingredient into almost a luxury item for many.

Lemon used for culinary and non-culinary purposes throughout the world, primarily for its juice, which has both culinary and cleaning uses.

As summer is at peak, ‘lemons’ used in most of the refreshment drinks has joined the elite club of petrol, diesel, and LPG. Lemon is currently costing from Rs. 280 to Rs. 350 per kg nationwide. Consumption of lemons has increased in summer, but due to price rise, it is becoming out of reach for the common man. The prices of lemon have reached the sky, prompting people on social media have come up with memes on price hike.

In many parts of the country, vegetable prices have shot up due to increase in transportation cost, resulting from fuel price hike, leaving customers as well as sellers struggling.

Rates of lemon are also soaring due to unfavourable weather that has led to lower production in several states like Gujarat, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. .”The prices have gone really high. Earlier, we used to purchase a whole lemon sack for Rs 700 which now costs Rs 3,500.

We are selling a single lemon for Rs 10 and nobody is ready to buy it. Nobody is ready to accept that the prices have gone up and are leaving without the purchase of the lemons,” Venkatesh roadside vendor told ANI.

Why does’t the Indian Army use the word martyr for its fallen braves “I have bought the whole bag for Rs 3,000 and selling a dozen for Rs 120 but nobody is ready to buy. The green lemons can be sold even after two days but the yellow ones need to be sold right away as they rot.

Nobody is buying lemon at such a higher price,” said Lakshmi another vendor. The rise in trasportation cost amid fuel price hike, high demand and less production has made the staple ‘nimbu-pani’ a luxury drink for common people in the scorching heat.