Shortage doubles cauliflower price

Wednesday, October 29, 2008 Khalid Iqbal Rawalpindi Residents of the twin cities were faced with high prices of cauliflower, which was sold at Rs60 per kilogram due to shortage in its peak season here Tuesday. Two days back, the same vegetable was being sold at Rs35 per kg. “I purchased cauliflower at Rs35 per kg four days back, but the shopkeepers are selling it at Rs60 today,” Rizwana Ahmed, a housewife and a resident of Kamalabad, told ‘The News’ on Tuesday. Muhammad Sher Alam, a local farmer, told ‘The News’ that rates of cauliflower could further increase to Rs80 per kilogram due to its shortage, particularly in and around Rawalpindi and Islamabad. “Tonnes of cauliflower were destroyed due to hailstorm in the twin cities last month that also destroyed crops in the cauliflower laden Mansehra and Haripur, thus resulting in... [read full story]