Tomato price reached Rs 140 in many cities, including Delhi-Mumbai, check the latest rate of your city

Tomato Price Hike: Tomato prices are not taking the name of decreasing. The supply of tomatoes is getting affected due to heavy rains, due to which its prices are increasing every day. In some parts of South India, the retail price of tomatoes has touched Rs 140 per kg. Information about this has been received from government figures. Tomato prices have remained high in most of the retail markets of the country since the end of September, but due to incessant rains, there has been a sharp rise in prices in the southern states.

Check where is the latest price?
Let us tell you that the retail prices of tomatoes were running in the range of Rs 30-83 per kg in the northern region on Monday, while the prices were Rs 30-85 per kg in the western region and Rs 39-80 per kg in the eastern region. This information has been given in the data maintained by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs. The all-India average price of tomatoes has remained at an all-time high of Rs 60 per kg for the past few weeks.

Rate reached at Rs 140
The retail prices of tomatoes were trading at Rs 140 per kg in Mayabunder and Rs 127 per kg in Port Blair in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Tomato is selling at Rs 125 per kg in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala at Rs 105 per kg in Palakkad and Wayanad, Rs 94 per kg in Thrissur, Rs 91 per kg in Kozhikode and Rs 83 per kg in Kottayam.

What are the rates in Bangalore?
Its retail price in Karnataka was Rs 100 per kg in Mangalore and Tumakuru, Rs 75 per kg in Dharwad, Rs 74 per kg in Mysore, Rs 67 per kg in Shivamogga, Rs 64 per kg in Davanagere and Rs 57 per kg in Bengaluru. was being

What is the price in Andhra Pradesh?
In Tamil Nadu too, tomato was priced at Rs 102 per kg in Ramanathapuram, Rs 92 per kg in Tirunelveli, Rs 87 per kg in Cuddalore, Rs 83 per kg in Chennai and Rs 75 per kg in Dharmapuri. In Andhra Pradesh, tomatoes were sold at Rs 77 per kg in Visakhapatnam and Rs 72 per kg in Tirupati, while in Telangana, tomatoes were sold at Rs 85 per kg in Warangal. On Monday, the retail price of tomato in Puducherry was Rs 85 per kg.

What is the price of tomato in metros?
Apart from this, if we talk about metros, the price of tomato in Mumbai was Rs 55 per kg on Monday. Apart from this, Rs 56 a kg has been sold in Delhi, Rs 78 a kg in Kolkata and Rs 83 a kg in Chennai.

The government had said that relief can be given in early December
The Consumer Affairs Ministry had said on November 26 that tomato prices are likely to soften from December onwards due to fresh arrival of the crop from the northern states. Unseasonal rains in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh have pushed up retail tomato prices since the end of September. Tomato crop was damaged due to rain and there was delay in arrival from these states.

Last year 70.12 lakh tonnes was produced
Heavy rains lashed Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka following delayed arrivals from northern Indian states, disrupting supplies and causing crop damage. It added that tomato prices are highly volatile and any disruption in the supply chain or heavy rains leads to a rise in prices. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the Kharif (summer) production of tomatoes in the current year is 69.52 lakh tonnes, as against 70.12 lakh tonnes produced last year.

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