Kolkata, Nov 26 (TIWN) The price of onion is bringing tears in the eyes of its consumers in Bengal, with a kilo of the staple costing a whopping Rs 100 on Monday in some city retail markets.

The vegetable not only scored a "century', its price shot even higher in a few markets.  Onion had been selling at ₹70-80 a kilo over the past couple of weeks.  Traders, however, felt the price would hover around the present figure, if not at a higher range for a few more days, as the state's decision to import onions from Rajasthan and Karnataka to boost the stock would see on-ground effect only next month.  A member of the state task force on vegetables said the situation has come to this pass because of the heavy rains in Maharastra's Nashik, which resulted in a large quantity of the bulb rotting following water seepage.