Despite skyrocketing prices in the market, people are lining up outside shops to buy ‘Pulasa’, a variety of fish that is available from July to August every year.
“We purchased Pulasa fish, weighing about 1.5 kg, at ₹14,000,” says a fisherman, Rangababu. But for Pulasa, the most sought-after delicacy in restaurants during this season, people do not mind spending more. “Despite the exorbitant price, we will buy it and send it to our children and other family members,” says a woman Ratnamma of Kalidindi, a village in Eluru district.
The seasonal fish, also called as Hilsa and Ilisa(national fish of Bangladesh), is mostly available in West and East Godavari districts. Some fish lovers, who had been eagerly waiting for the availability of Pulasa, have already paid some amount in advance to the fishermen, says Sri Pavan of Gudivada.
