Tomato prices have crossed Rs 90 mark in 17 major cities, including Delhi, Kolkata, Indore and Thiruvananthapuram, because of short supply of the vegetable.
There is no immediate relief in sight as disruption of supply chains due to rains and floods and less availability is likely to continue at least till August-end.
There are also reports of onion prices rising in country’s largest wholesale onion market at Lasalgaon in Maharashtra.
It was a 19-month high at Rs 1,300 per quintal on Friday. “There is no fresh harvest right now and onions arriving in the market are from the storage harvested in March and April. But most of the small farmers have sold their stock… to meet the requirement of money,” said an Agricultural Produce Market Committee source.
In Delhi, the retail price for a kilo of tomato is Rs 92. It was at Rs 26 three months back and Rs 48 a year ago.
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