date:May 26, 2016
In Kurnool city, mango prices have soared far beyond the reach of the average consumer; this is due to less than 20 percent of the crop reaching the market and its arrival being delayed by two months.
Banginapalli mangoes are sold at an exorbitant price of Rs. 500 a dozen and between Rs. 150 and Rs. 200 a kg in the retail market.
Only 20 per cent of the mangoes are available for local consumption, Kurnool City Wholesale Fruit Merchants Association president S. Bashu Mian told The Hindu,