Bhubaneswar, Oct. 22 -- Bhubaneswar: Soaring prices of onions in markets of Odisha has burned holes in the pockets of consumers.

A steep rise of around 80% in the price of the staple vegetable in the space of just a week has now brought tears of agony to the consumers in the State. As per sources, the bulbs which were selling Rs 50 a kilo a week ago are worth Rs 90 a kilo now.

Traders blame that heavy rains that damaged standing Kharif crops in Nashik and other major onion producing regions of Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Madhya Pradesh is the reason behind the soaring of the rate of in Odisha.

The spike in wholesale prices meanwhile has also led to a rise in retail prices of the vegetable.

"Just three days ago, I used to buy onions Rs...