Rice Price Increase and Shortage Warning

Just wait, you'll be struggling for rice.

In another month or two, just wait, you'll struggle, saying rice isn't available.

Then what should you do? Blow a whistle and put funeral rice in your mouth

and lie down. That's what you'll have to do.

Paddy coming from Andhra and Telangana states

is being sent back in sacks,

and traders warn that rice prices will rise.

Currently, rice shortages have increased not only in Tamil Nadu but in various other states, and its price has risen.

அதிகரித்து அதன் விலை உயர்ந்துள்ளது.

Since paddy stocks have declined at rice mills in Tamil Nadu, rice prices

may rise

further, it is said,

and before Diwali, rice may be sold

at 100 rupees per kilo, rice mills say.

Therefore, paddy procurement from other states should be increased and stored in rice mills

Paddy traders and rice mill owners have warned that it has become necessary to stockpile.

Paddy traders and rice mill owners have warned that it has become necessary to stockpile.

owners have warned.