On August 1, prices of items like vegetables and milk, hotel and restaurant services in the state shot up. We travelled across Bengaluru to know how people are dealing with the constant price rise in the state. Watch this video to know what they had to say.
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00:00 India's been reeling under skyrocketing prices of vegetables, especially tomatoes, for weeks
00:08 now.
00:09 But for people in Karnataka, announcements of price hikes across other essential sectors
00:14 has come as a root shock.
00:15 On August 1st, prices of items like vegetables and milk, hotel and restaurant services in
00:20 the state shot up.
00:21 Today, we travelled across Bengaluru to know how people are dealing with the constant price
00:25 rise in the state.
00:49 Nandini milk is now costlier by 3 rupees.
00:52 The Karnataka state cabinet approved the decision on July 27th.
00:55 The last revision of milk prices was done in November 2022.
00:58 Here's a list of revised prices.
01:14 When we asked people about how they are managing expenses amid price rise, this is what they
01:30 said.
01:41 Karnataka
02:03 Deputy Chief Minister D.K.
02:04 Shivkumar earlier said the government wants to help dairy farmers by increasing retail
02:08 milk prices as it is lower in Karnataka when compared to other states.
02:13 Not just milk.
02:14 Karnataka has been witnessing a surge in vegetable prices due to erratic monsoons for more than
02:19 a month now.
02:20 Vegetables that we use on a day-to-day basis are being sold at exorbitant prices.
02:25 There seems to be no break for people from the rising price of tomatoes.
02:28 The price of tomatoes has touched 200 rupees per kg in some parts of Karnataka.
02:33 In Chamaraspet market in Bengaluru, tomatoes were priced between 140 to 160 rupees a kilogram.
02:40 Along with tomatoes, ginger prices too have hit an all-time high of 250 to 300 rupees
02:45 per kg in the retail market.
02:47 If some consumers and sellers said there is no way out of this, some blamed the newly
02:51 elected Congress government.
03:13 Noting the significant price in essential commodities in the recent months, hoteliers
03:32 too have decided to revise their food prices.
03:34 On average, the cost of all food items at hotels will increase by around 10 percent
03:39 with effect from August 1.
03:41 Some hotels have already implemented the price revision.
04:09 Apart from food and food items, the Karnataka government has also decided to increase bus
04:13 fares by 2 to 5 rupees effective from today.
04:16 This comes weeks after the Siddharamayya government announced free bus services for women in the
04:21 state under the Shakti scheme.
04:26 Thank you.
04:31 .
04:32 .