Onion Prices Hit Record High in City
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Follow us on: RNI No. TELENG/2018/76469 @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer Established 1864 Published From ANALYSIS 7 MONEY 8 SPORTS 12 HYDERABAD DELHI LUCKNOW OUR SACRED MMTC TO PROCURE NICE GUYS BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH TEXT 6,090 TONNES ONION DO COME 1ST BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN VIJAYAWADA *LATE CITY VOL. 2 ISSUE 47 HYDERABAD, TUESDAY NOVEMBER 26, 2019; PAGES 12 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable MAHESH GETS A KING-SIZE CUTOUT { Page 11 } www.dailypioneer.com Onion prices hit 162 Sena-NCP-Congress MLAs on unprecedented public parade ‘Better get record high in city PNS n MUMBAI explosives, kill In an unprecedented action in Indian politics, the Shiv Sena- Sold at Rs 11,000 a quintal on Monday Nationalist Congress Party- everyone’: SC on PNS n HYDERABAD Congress combine on Monday organised a public parade of Delhi pollution Supplies of onions from the their 162 supporting MLAs in rain-ravaged Maharashtra state a bid to disprove the claims of PNS n NEW DELHI to many states, including 170 legislators made by the Telangana, have dwindled, Bharatiya Janata Party and its The Supreme Court today jacking up their prices to Rs ally Ajit Pawar. took a bleak view of the steps 11,000 a quintal in wholesale The dramatic parade, at a being taken to alleviate air and markets here on Monday. The hotel here, came barely 12 water quality levels in the vegetable is being traded at Rs hours before the scheduled national capital, and slammed 150 a kg in retail markets. hearing in the Supreme Court the centre and state govern- Onion production in Telugu on Tuesday morning on the ments concerned for playing a states was hit by the recent parties' challenge to the new blame game at a time when liv- spells of incessant rains. Even government sworn-in early ing conditions in Delhi have though the Center is importing Amidst all this, some how to regulate the prices of Saturday morning with become "worse than hell". one lakh tonnes of onions, onions. Devendra Fadnavis as Chief The public parade of 162 Sena, NCP and Congress legislators by the combine in a hotel in Mumbai on Monday "Delhi has become worse and has asked public sector unscrupulous traders Amidst all this, some Minister and Ajit Pawar as his than narak (hell). Life is not trading firm MMTC to procure have started hoarding unscrupulous traders have deputy, creating a political The leaders assured the gathered legislators - is Maharashtra," Sharad Pawar so cheap in India and you will 6,090 tonnes of onions, to help onions in anticipation started hoarding onions in upheaval in the state. many of them first-timers, from some of the thundered. have to pay. How much do meet domestic demand, the anticipation of the eventual Besides the enthusiastic 162 He reiterated that his rebel you value a person's life?" the present situation is likely to of the eventual rise in rise in their prices. Traders MLAs of the three 'Maha Vikas remotest parts of the state - that the three nephew Ajit Pawar had "no court asked the Delhi gov- continue for some more time. their prices who had hoarded onions in Aghadi' partners, top leaders of parties are in a full majority and they would powers or authority" to ally in ernment, saying that it has Supplies of onions to godowns three months back all three parties like Sharad soon give a stable alliance government the name of the NCP with the "no right to be in the chair". Hyderabad from neighbouring and Medak, is stated to be infe- are now bringing out the stocks Pawar, Supriya Sule, Praful BJP and urged the gathering to The two-member bench of Maharashtra and Karnataka rior. In all, 50 per cent of the as prices are ruling high. Patel, Jayant Patil, Nawab in Maharashtra preserve the unity seen on Justices Arun Mishra and states have come down drasti- onions received from these The State government is not Malik, Jitendra Awhad (all Monday. Deepak Gupta was referring cally. The markets here have places as well as the stocks from responding properly to regulate Nationalist Congress Party), hall of the five star Grand Hyatt state - that the three parties are Thackeray warned that those to increasing instances of received just about 80 truck- Karnataka and Maharashtra prices, sources said. Hence, Uddhav Thackeray, Aditya hotel in the western suburbs in a full majority and they who attempt to create obstacles stubble burning in neigh- loads of onions, as against the are said to be damaged. Still, many traders rule out any sta- Thackeray, Eknath Shinde, and near the airport. would soon give a stable in the way of the unity of the bouring states, a major con- normal 120-150 lorries per prices of onions vary between bilization in the skyrocketing Sanjay Raut (all Shiv Sena), Several leaders addressed alliance government in three parties would be taught tributor to air pollution in the day. Rs 9,500 and Rs 11000 a quin- onion prices for the time being. Ashok Chavan, Prithviraj the gathering against a back- Maharashtra. a severe lesson. national capital region, as There is no let-up in onion tal. In some states, onions are Chavan, Balasaheb Thorat and drop of large hoardings pro- "In many states, the BJP has Patil and Thorat said that the well as a Bureau of India prices in spite of the fact that The poor can't afford the being sold through special Mallikarjuna Kharge claiming "We Are 162" in dif- governments though it is not in three parties have already Standards (BIS) report claim- 90 per cent of the onions enhanced prices and so they are counters at subsidised prices. (Congress) and others were ferent corners of the hall. a majority. The Centre is mis- submitted a letter to the ing that water samples col- received are damp. cutting down on its consump- This process has not yet begun present. The leaders assured the using its powers to grab power Governor earlier Monday stak- lected from 11 places across The quality of onions tion, though it forms part of in Hyderabad. Consumers are Abu Asim Azmi of the gathered legislators - many of everywhere and Constitutional ing claim to form the govern- Delhi failed quality tests on received from some of the dis- their staple food. Officials paying through the nose for the Samajwadi Party was also at them first-timers, from some norms are being violateda... But ment on the basis of its support 19 parameters. tricts, including Mahabubnagar have crossed their fingers on vegetable in the open market. the parade held at the banquet of the remotest parts of the this is not Goa or Manipur, this of at least 162 legislators. RTC JAC calls off Independent Committee to SC order on Maha govt 52-day-long strike assess flyovers in the city: KTR formation PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD today At last, TS RTC Employees In view of Saturday's tragic PNS n NEW DELHI Unions' JAC announced the incident at Biodiversity withdrawal of their 52-day-day Junction flyover, where a The Supreme Court will give The car and the bike involved in the mishap near Novotel in the city on Monday strike on Monday evening, woman lost her life and six its order on government for- keeping in view the High others were injured, the gov- mation in Maharashtra on Court's verdict, peoples' trou- ernment has decided to set up Tuesday, the apex court bles, and the pressing needs of an independent, expert com- announced as the political Drunk BMW driver RTC workers. The JAC asked mittee to assess all flyovers in whirlpool in the state spun the employees to be ready to n Addresses a letter to RTC MD the city. faster with the BJP and the join duty at 6 am on Tuesday stating employees should be Minister KT Rama Rao said Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress at their respective depots. allowed to join duty on Monday that the technical throwing in competing crashes into bike, one The JAC had two meetings unconditionally panel would examine speed claims and ugly scenes inside on Monday -- one with leaders restrictions and other safety and outside Parliament. n of various political parties and Employees ready to resume measures on all flyovers in the Minister for MA & UD and IT KT Ramarao at a meeting with civic officials at The shaky government in dead another injured the other involving its leaders their duties from 6 am today city. The Minister directed GHMC headquarters in Hyderabad on Monday Maharashtra, led by BJP's at the Employees Union Office GHMC to open the Devendra Fadnavis and PNS n HYDERABAD Abhishek and the woman in Vidyanagar. They discussed n JAC warns of intensified strike if Biodiversity flyover only after Diversity L-II Flyover on control on the flyover, along Deputy Chief Minister Ajit were on their way to Kondapur the High Court verdict and employees are sent away studying the committee's Monday afternoon with a view with GHMC officials and traf- Pawar of the NCP who were A youth was killed and a when the mishap took place at reviewed the strike. Later, they report. The expert technical to introducing safety mea- fic police personnel. sworn in early on Saturday, woman critically injured when Novotel in the early hours of released a statement with- plan given by JAC, the state- committee inspected the Bio- sures, particularly for speed Continued on Page 4 got a breather with the a speeding luxury car, being Monday. The critically injured drawing the strike.