KOLHAPUR: The price of tomatoes in the retail market of the Kolhapur city has increased by 100% — from Rs 50 per kg on May 15 to Rs 100 per kg on Sunday.
According to vegetable vendors, the pre-monsoon showers in Kolhapur and neighbouring districts have damaged vegetable crops. “Due to the same reason harvesting has also been postponed. The two-day break from rains helped the farmers bring the leftover produce to the markets. The Sunday vegetable market witnesses arrival of farmers from far off places for selling their produce. Today (Sunday), not many farmers were seen selling tomatoes or leafy vegetables. Whoever was selling tomatoes, they were either damaged or unripe. Still tomatoes were being sold for Rs 100 per kg,” one of the vegetable vendors said.
