The territory medication connected Sunday (September 21, 2025) started the merchantability of onion, procured from the farmers, astatine the Kurnool marketplace gait astatine ₹100 for a 45 kg bag.
The determination comes successful the aftermath of the State authorities and its agencies’ determination to not acquisition from farmers from Monday (September 22, 2025). Farmers tin straight merchantability their nutrient to the traders astatine the marketplace gait oregon astatine their fields itself.
Farmers faced immense harvest harm owed to the rains and successful getting close remunerative prices this play prompting the authorities to intervene and denote ₹12 per kilo. The authorities had precocious announced ₹50,000 per hectare arsenic compensation to the farmers pursuing which it was decided to halt acquisition of bulb by Markfed and Civil Supplies Department.
Officials said that the authorities procured the bulb done PDS and Markfed for remunerative terms and sold it done rythu bazaars, unfastened auction, done ration shops, schools and hostels. “A full of 6,000 tonnes had been procured from the farmers and 1,900 tonnes is near astatine the marketplace gait and hence to minimise the nonaccomplishment to the government, the banal is being sold astatine ₹100 for a 45 kg bag,” officials said.
District Collector A. Siri said that 4 counters person been set-up to merchantability 1,900 tonnes of bulb banal remaining astatine the marketplace yard. Police person been deployed to power the assemblage and much than 130 bags person been sold by Sunday evening.
The medication had wide publicised astir the merchantability of bulb astatine ₹100 for a 45 kg container done societal media and different modes successful Kurnool city.
Officials said bulb was cultivated successful astir 42,000 acres similar the erstwhile years but this time, the output was damaged owed to rains. The request was besides little arsenic the Maharashtra bulb output was much and besides imports to Bangladesh person besides been stopped starring to the crisis.
