Onion costs have surged in Nashik's Lasalgaon Mandi, claimed mandi traders in the area on Saturday.
"After the arrival of summer selection of plants, the average wholesale price of onion in Lasalgaon's Agricultural produce market committee (APMC) has actually raised by 970 per quintal to 4200-4500 in the last two days. The price was 3,600 per quintal on Tuesday," Lahu Dabey, a mandi