Walk into Vashi’s Agricultural Produce and Marketing Committee’s (APMC) fruit market and all you can see and smell is the king of fruits mangoes. With numerous boxes of alphonso mangoes having arrived in the satellite city from places like Ratnagiri, Devgad, Sindhdurg, Raigad and even Karnataka, those who planned to stock up when rates lowered could probably go ahead now. However, traders say that prices are likely to soar again in a few days as they are expecting a drop in supply in May.

A fruit seller looks on as boxes of mango arrive at Vashi’s APMC market; boxes of mangoes being loaded in to be sent across the city. Pics/Sameer Markande