Tomato price up
Posted on: 09/Jul/2018 12:09:52 PM
As the number of the truckload of tomato arriving at the Chennai Koyambedu wholesale vegetable market has reduced, the price of tomato has gone up to Rs. 25 per kg.
Tomato is despatched from the neighbouring border areas of the neighbouring states of Karnataka and Andhra in the
As the quantity of tomatoes arriving at Koyambedu has reduced, tomato, which was sold at Rs. 15 per kg last week, is now being sold at Rs. 25 since yesterday (Sunday, 8th July).
The prices of other vegetables in Rs. per kg:
Onion – 18, Sambar (small) onion – 55, brinjal – 15, potato – 21, broad beans – 17, Okra (Lady’s finger) – 20, radish – 15, bitter gourd – 45, beans - 50, cabbage – 8, and carrot – 22.
The president of the Koyambedu flowers, vegetables, and fruits traders’ Association, M. Thiagarajan, explained in this regard that the harvest is in the process and about to get completed in the areas from where the tomato is being dispatched to Koyambedu. Further, it has rained for a few days in the tomato plantation areas. So, the quantity sent is down and the price of tomato has gone up.
