1,600 MT of onions, scheduled to arrive by October 20 and to be released in Delhi-NCR, will substantially increase the availability to consumers during this festive season.
The best variety even touched rupees 140 a kilo in some retail markets of Kidderpore, Jadubabu Bazar, Lansdown and Gariahat today, while the price at Lake Market was found to be Rs 80 per kg.