Tomato, banana prices go up: 130 MSRTC trips cancelled as farmers’ blockade disrupts highway

The Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana has disrupted Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) services on the Pune-Kolhapur route due to a road blockade over sugarcane prices, leading to the cancellation of around 130 bus trips over the past two days. This blockade has affected the supply of select fruits and vegetables arriving from Karnataka, resulting in a rise in wholesale prices of tomatoes and elaichi bananas in Pune’s Gultekdi market.

The farmers' organisation has been staging road blockades at Nagthane in Satara district and the Kini toll plaza in Kolhapur district, demanding an initial payment of Rs 4,200 per tonne of sugarcane.

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