Fuel crisis triggers food price hike in Coimbatore

With shortage of LPG commercialized cylinders and spiralling outgo of packaging materials, prices of respective nutrient items are acceptable to summation successful Coimbatore and interaction the communal man.

Sources successful the nutrient sector, who did not privation to beryllium identified, told The Hindu connected Tuesday that LPG commercialized cylinders are sold astatine supra ₹7,000 a cylinder and outgo of packaging materials are up 15 % - 30 %. All products related to petroleum are connected the emergence and it is expected to instrumentality a week to cognize however overmuch further the prices volition increase. The outgo of packaging is precocious for sweets and savouries compared with regular nutrient items. A saccharine container costs ₹4 much now. The terms of beverage has accrued by astatine slightest ₹5 a litre and the outgo of ghee has gone up by ₹100 a kg. These factors are hitting the hotels, restaurants, and saccharine retailers, they said.