‘Not 2 kg, now buy just 1 kg for family’: Delhi consumers, vendors hit as tomato at over Rs 100 per kg

On a sunny morning in a market in Delhi’s Malviya Nagar, Ramdas stands next to his bicycle, arranging tomatoes in a triangular heap within a basket on the back. On usual days, he would get rid of this stash by the evening. But now, he has to cycle around, looking for customers, as demand has dipped. “This is what price rise has done,” says the 45-year-old.