The price of onions hiked four times to Rs 80 a kg in the state capital Bhopal while thrice to Rs 60 a kg in Indore. The consumers are upset with the price rise yet are forced to buy as it is a necessary vegetable.
Assistant Inspector of Indore Mandi Vishnu Rathore said, “The grain traders have been on strike from Monday demanding to reduce the mandi tax. The strike is said to be indefinite. At present, the mandi tax is charged Rs 1.70 from the traders on purchase or sale of Rs 100 and the tra