In a respite for the consumers, after a gap of more than one month, the wholesale prices of tomatoes, on Thursday, dropped to ₹50 from the exorbitant ₹240 a kg last month, at the Madanapalle tomato market.
The wholesale price of the first-grade variety ranged between ₹50 and ₹54 per kg, while that of the second-grade variety was ₹48. The third-grade variety, which generally makes its way to the majority of the domestic vegetable markets in Chittoor and Annamayya districts, was sold at a wholesale price of ₹35-40 a kg.
The arrival of tomato stocks to the market yards in the two districts had plummeted to below 100 tonnes a day in July. However, a gradual increase in the stocks was seen from the first week of this month. On Thursday, the Madanapalle market received 395 tonnes of the vegetable, according to sources.
