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This Valentine s Day, you may have to pay 15% more for roses as the pandemic has disrupted flower production, leading to significant price rise in the domestic market.
New Delhi: This Valentine s Day, you may have to pay 15% more for roses as the pandemic has disrupted flower production, leading to significant price rise in the domestic market. A bouquet of 20 flowers will on an average cost Rs 700-800 during the Valentine week, compared with Rs 600-700 a year back, said Tarun Joshi, chief executive of global flower delivery chain Interflora.
“A fall in flower exports, due to the lockdown, turned farmers to vegetable farming instead of roses and other exotic flowers. With an anticipated 30% higher demand driven by online sales and low supplies, there will be upward pressure on prices,” he said.