The prices of kitul honey and jaggery have shot up as these items has increased.

The high price of sugar in the open market is also a contributory factor for the price increase.

Kitul jaggery production has become a money-spinner for the villagers in Kelinkanda, Yatapatha, Yagirala and other interior villages of Pasdun Rata.

The traders who visit these villages to purchase jaggery have to pay double the price they paid earlier.