Raw mango prices have surged, with vendors selling four mangoes for ₹100 instead of six.
| Photo Credit: SIDDHANT THAKUR
The price of raw mangoes, a key ingredient of Ugadi pachchadi, is higher this year, according to the sellers. Vendors who used to sell six raw mangoes for ₹100, are now selling four of them at the same price. The Ugadi festival marking the Telugu new year will be celebrated on Sunday (March 30, 2025)
Mahesh, a vendor in Badichowdi of Hyderabad said on Saturday (March 29, 2025) that he gets the unripe fruit from Choutuppal and the supply – which begins from January- has been less this season. Vendors in other parts of the city too quoted around the same price.
Raw mango prices have surged, with vendors selling four mangoes for ₹100 instead of six in Hyderabad
| Photo Credit:
SIDDHANT THAKUR
The city receives eight to nine varieties of mangoes. Of them, Himayat variety at ₹150 to ₹200 is the highest, said Lokini Srinivas, Selection Grade Secretary, Agriculture Market committee, Gaddiannaram.
Raw mango prices have surged, with vendors selling four mangoes for ₹100 instead of six in Hyderabad
| Photo Credit:
SIDDHANT THAKUR
The fruit is received from farms in erstwhile Mahbubnagar, Nalgonda, Hanumakonda, Vikarabad, Shadnagar, Jangaon, Khammam and some districts in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh.
Published – March 30, 2025 10:51 am IST
