India, June 13 -- The early arrival of monsoon in some parts of the state has hit the vegetable crop, which is highly perishable, hard. The damage to the crop and transportation issues has drastically reduced its arrival at the wholesale market, leading to a sudden spurt in the prices.

The wholesale APMC market at Vashi that supplies vegetables to the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) has witnessed a hike cutting across various vegetables. The retail market is worse with the prices shooting up by 50% to 100%. The leafy vegetables have been especially affected.

Said Vikas More, a vegetable wholesaler at APMC, "Nasik district which accounts for over 80% of vegetable supplies to Mumbai had record May rainfall. It destroyed a lot of crops, h...