pune increased supply of farm produce at wholesale markets failed to bring down the retail price of kitchen essentials even on sunday retailers however exuded confidence that the prices will come down over the next few days provided the supply stays on the higher side aslam shaikh a retailer from the shivajinagar area who visited the wholesale market on sunday morning said he could buy vegetables in bulk after almost three days there was considerably better inflow of vegetables at the wholesale market on sunday the prices however remained on the higher side shaikh said adding that the prevailing supply levels have to be maintained for the wholesale and retail prices to come down late shah who bought vegetables at mahatma phule market said except for potatoes the prices of onions and leafy vegetables were still on the higher side the prices of most vegetables were quoted over rs 50kg in the retail market he said guru mali a retailer in mandai said besides the farmers strike the supply of green vegetables has also been affected due to the premonsoon showers this has pushed up their prices the rates of most vegetables are still 3040 more than they were before the strike mali said adding that most retailers are selling vegetables with a thin margin sudha nath a dp road resident said the situation was much better on sunday as compared to the previous three days i was able to buy milk at a retail shop the strike has affected people like us more since we are not able to travel all the way to main markets for daily purchases handcart vendors almost disappeared from my area over the last few days she added tnn published on jun 5 2017 at 0802 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app farmers protest strike farmers retails prices homenewsretail prices of kitchen essentials still on higher side