The steep fall in the price of bananas in Thammampatti area is a matter of concern for the farming community.
Different varieties such as ‘rasthali’, ‘poovan’, ‘karpooravalli’, ‘morris’ are raised in a large area in Gangavalli, Thammampatti, Veeraganur, Sentharapatti, Thedavur and the surrounding villages.
The bananas are plucked every alternate day and sent to cities like Chennai, Bengaluru, where they have good demand. Due to continuous rainfall in Chennai city and other parts of the state for the last many days, banana consumption has dropped.
Bananas are not being sent to Chennai city for few days and demand for the fruit has dropped in the local markets. The price of ‘karpooravalli,’ which was selling at Rs. 250 last week, crashed to Rs. 40 on Monday. The price of ‘morris’ is now pried at Rs. 100, compared to Rs. 400 last week.
