Tomato Prices Continue to Soar; Tomato Price Crosses ₹250/Kg, Traders Install CCTV Amid Reports Of Theft

Tomato prices have been on a rise across the country and it looks like there is no respite from it anytime soon. Tomato prices usually spike during July-August time of the year as harvesting and transportation of highly perishable commodity supplies get affected due to monsoon.

Tomato Price Crosses ₹250/Kg

Tomato prices are going through the rough. In several districts of Uttarakhand, the kitchen staple is being sold for ₹ ₹250 per kilogram. A vegetable seller said tomatoes have become dearer in the region all of a sudden.

“Consumers are bearing the brunt of the rising prices of the tomatoes in Uttarakashi. People are not even willing to buy them. In Gangotri, Yamunotri, tomatoes are going at ₹ 200 to ₹ 250 per kg,” Rakesh, a vegetable seller told ANI.

In Chennai, tomatoes are currently selling at ₹ 100-130 per kg.

Faced with a price pinch, the Tamil Nadu government has started selling tomatoes at a subsidized rate of ₹ 60 per kg at ration shops in state capital Chennai in a bid to bring some respite to the consumers amid the price spiral.

Like many states, Karnataka has also seen tomato prices go through the roof in recent days.

Tomato prices in Bengaluru range from ₹ 101 to 121 per kilogram. The high prices have been attributed to the sudden temperature increase in March and April, resulting in pest attacks on the tomato yield higher market rates.

Traders Install CCTV Amid Reports Of Theft 

Meanwhile, amid the rising prices, an incident has been reported in Belur, Karnataka, where thieves made away with tomatoes worth Rs 2.7 lakh right from a farm. According to the tomato farmer in Belur, the thieves decamped with the tomatoes on Tuesday night.

“We had sown tomatoes in two acres but we got nothing. Tomatoes used to grow but they never ripened. This time they grew but day-before-yesterday, someone stole them,” Parvathamma told PTI.

Separately, 20 kg of tomatoes was allegedly stolen from a shop in Mahabubabad district in Telangana, police said on Thursday. The vegetable vendor said tomato weighing 20 kgs and four other vegetables weighing about 35 kg kept in two boxes in his shop were taken away by unidentified persons.

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