Rice prices witness sharp rise in Tiruchi due to supply crunch
Rice prices have made a strong surge in Tiruchi apparently due to short supply of paddy from the cultivating centres.Tiruchi, which has a number of rice mills in Manachanallur, Ariyamangalam and Kattur, gets paddy from Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam and other areas in the Cauvery delta. Besides them, the mills receive paddy from Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. There are traders who procure rice from various parts of Karnataka and market it as Karnataka Ponni, a fine rice variety.
- ▪Rice prices have made a strong surge in Tiruchi apparently due to short supply of paddy from the cultivating centres.Tiruchi, which has a number of rice mills in Manachanallur, Ariyamangalam and Kattur, gets paddy from Thanjavur, Tiruvarur,
- ▪Besides them, the mills receive paddy from Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
- ▪There are traders who procure rice from various parts of Karnataka and market it as Karnataka Ponni, a fine rice variety.
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Rice prices have made a strong surge in Tiruchi apparently due to short supply of paddy from the cultivating centres.Tiruchi, which has a number of rice mills in Manachanallur, Ariyamangalam and Kattur, gets paddy from Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam and other areas in the Cauvery delta. Besides them, the mills receive paddy from Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. There are traders who procure rice from various parts of Karnataka and market it as Karnataka Ponni, a fine rice variety. The prices, which were under control until the first quarter of the calendar year, began to increase from April and May.
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