The onion crisis in Maharashtra escalated on Tuesday as hundreds of farmers blocked the Pune-Nashik Highway, protesting against the procurement price announced by the Centre for Rabi onions. The agitation was organised under the banner of the Kanda Utpadak Shetkari Sarvapakshiya Mahamorcha after the Union government fixed the Minimum Assured Procurement Price (MAPP) for Rabi onions in Nashik district at Rs 1,580 per quintal with effect from May 26. Farmers Demand Higher Procurement Rate Protesting farmers claimed that the procurement price was below the cost of cultivation and argued that onion growers were facing mounting financial losses. कांद्याला २५ रुपये किलोप्रमाणे हमीभाव मिळावा, यापूर्वी विक्री केलेल्या कांद्याला १५-२० रुपये प्रतिकिलो अनुदान देण्यात यावे, २ लाख टनांऐवजी ८ ते १० लाख टन कांदा खरेदी करून शेतकऱ्यांना न्याय देण्याच्या मागणीसाठी आंबेगाव तालुक्यातील पुणे-नाशिक महामार्गावर शेतकऱ्यांचं वादळ धडकलं आणि… pic.twitter.com/gYvMb6fFFO — Rohit Pawar (@RRPSpeaks) June 2, 2026 Demonstrators, many of whom wore garlands made of onions, raised slogans against the government and demanded a higher procurement rate. They also called for increased government intervention to support onion farmers …