The prices of tomato, which has been spiralling up, has now breached the ₹150 per kg mark in retail shops in Bengaluru. Production was anyway expected to be lower as some farmers had opted out of cultivating tomatoes citing poor earnings. Adding to that, about 50% of production in Karnataka has gone down the drain due to leaf curl viral disease.
In a retail shop at J.P. Nagar, a customer settled for just two pieces of tomatoes when the vendor quoted ₹163 per kg. The vendor claimed to have bought at ₹145 per kg from a nearby wholesale market.
The prices in HMT Layout and Yeshwantpur are hovering between ₹130 and ₹155 per kg depending on what price the vendor purchased the fruit.
