With rains lashing the entire South Indian states, there are major crop losses in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and parts of Tamil Nadu where tomato is largely grown. This has led to the current spurt in prices.M. Thiagarajan, President of Koyambedu Fruits and Vegetable merchants association, told IANS, “Market has shown sudden rise in the prices of tomato and this will have a spiral effect as retail markets will now sell at more than Rs 120 per kilogram. This will make the people reduce their quantity of purchase and in turn the commodity will be rotten and not useful for sale. Again traders will have huge losses.”Brinjal and ladies finger have also touched high prices with both being sold at Rs 120 per kilogram at the Koyambedu wholesale market.Sumangala Swaminathan, a homemaker at Pammal in Chennai while speaking to IANS, said, “The price rise of vegetables is alarming and we will have to skip using tomato and ladies finger from our menu. After Covid , we had run into bad times and the incessant rains and spurt in vegetable prices are taking a toll on our budget. Hope that the Stalin Government does something to control this spiralling coat of vegetables.”
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