Salt Price Hiked to Rs 500/kg? No, Take it With a Pinch of Salt

Have the salt prices actually increased? No, but these Delhi citizens have a take on these rumors. Watch their video

No, the prices of salt haven’t increased. Ignore and report them as rumors.

Late Friday evening, a rumour started doing the rounds on social media that there’s an acute shortage of salt in the market. It also claimed that, as a result, the prices have shot up. A kilogram of salt, which usually sells at Rs 10-17, was being sold for Rs 400-500. This reportedly led to a small riot in South Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh area.

The Quint spoke to a few shopkeepers and customers who were equally clueless as to what brought the rumours. Hear them out:

A traffic jam on Kalindi Kunj, near Shaheen Bagh, which was due to road blockade to protest against the salt prices (Kirti Pandey/The Quint) 

Shops had their shutter down early to manage the mad rush of customers looking to buy any and as much salt as possible. (Aaqib Raza Khan/The Quint)

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