bengaluru skyrocketing prices of vegetables have left both consumers and vendors worried while buyers are being forced to trim their purchases sellers fear their business may be hitmost vegetables have got costlier over the past week prices of beans peas carrots tomatoes methi and coriander have nearly doubled available for rs 56 per kg last week beans cost rs 117rs 150 on friday carrot price went up from rs 40 to rs 70 a kgtoi spoke to a few customers and vendors and found the spurt in prices has affected the purchasing power of consumers earlier i used to buy half a kg of beans for rs 30 but now i purchase just about 250 grams said nagmani pk a homemaker and customer at hal marketvendors at russell market are facing huge losses with tomato and capsicum prices rising by rs 15 per kg the tomato crop hasnt been good in bengalurus neighbourhood and its being brought from maharashtra with prices going northward profits have shrunk rued syed mohammad a vendorgovernmentrun hopcoms outlets are also affected by the fluctuation in vegetable prices the price of beans has gone up almost three times from rs 56 to a whopping rs 150 per kg said narayan gowda a hopcoms stall owner in rajarajeshwarinagarkarnataka rajya raitha sangha leader badagalapura nagendra said the yield is less as underground water is scarce beans for example are not being grown much because of the plummeting groundwater table while coriander is facing a pest problem he explainedsuccessive droughts are making farmers suffer we have no option but to charge more as we need to make a living nagendra said lack of seeds is another reason for prices shooting up if we dont sow seeds at the right time production gets delayed affecting our land cost he added due to lack of rain only two of five flowers ripen into a vegetable resulting in lower production and higher prices said janaradhan s who owns a vegetable stall at hal marketnow one has to think even before cooking its cheaper to order food from outside said nalini surya a resident of cv raman nagara vegetable vendor at russell market abdul khadar said most people have cut down on the quantity of vegetables they buy but some arent complaining as they think higher prices would ensure better qualityinputs from yogita jain anoushkha j shambhavi khemka shravya marakini ms ananya