Mamta Yadav grudgingly paid Rs150 for a kg of bitter gourd on Saturday. “Going to buy vegetables has become a nightmare these days. From potato to tomato, the price of daily essentials has increased several fold,” said the 34-year-old housewife from Baphal.

“How can one run a kitchen on a limited income with vegetable prices shooting up like that?” said Yadav whose husband is the sole income earner in her five-member family.

The wholesale price of eggplant jumped by 118 percent in two weeks from Rs48 per kg to Rs110 per kg at the Kalimati vegetable and fruit bazaar. The price of bitter gourd soared by 126 percent from Rs42 to Rs95 per kg.

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