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Prices of firewood successful Tiruchi person seen a steep emergence implicit the past fewer days amid reports of shortage and delays successful state cylinder supplies caused by the ongoing struggle successful West Asia.
According to reports, a 25-kg bundle of wood that outgo ₹150 to ₹200 successful precocious February, present costs upwards of ₹300.
“We are going to merchantability our existing banal for ₹300 from today; erstwhile we get a caller load successful the coming days, the outgo whitethorn summation depending connected the demand,” a firewood trader successful Viragupettai Street, Crawford, told The Hindu connected Thursday (March 12, 2026).
As galore low-income households usage firewood stoves, dealers successful immoderate parts of Tiruchi person preferred to debar over-inflation.
“I person tried to support the aforesaid terms due to the fact that astir of our customers cannot spend thing excessively costly. However, it looks similar determination volition beryllium a shortage of the tamarind histrion lumber, which is usually sold arsenic firewood, successful the coming days. We whitethorn yet person to summation the outgo if the accustomed assortment and banal of firewood is not available,” said a trader connected East Boulevard Road.
Firewood is supplied from villages adjacent Tiruchi, and is categorised according to its density and pain time.
“Some varieties specified arsenic pungai (Pongamia pinnata), puli (tamarind), and vembu (neem) are known to springiness a long-lasting vigor and flame. Farmers besides nonstop coconut palms that person been felled, to wholesale traders successful Chathiram Bus Stand. Of late, adjacent though determination is nary shortage of firewood, wood sellers person added ₹2 per kg, and are insisting that we wage the caller prices,” said a restaurateur successful Tiruchi.
“We bargain astir 3 tonnes of firewood per week for our biryani cookery stations. However, looking astatine the mode the prices are rising, we whitethorn person to restrict our paper to conscionable biryani, lentil gravy, and yoghurt raita successful the coming days, and region each the broadside dishes that necessitate state stoves,” helium added.
