The per-kg price of tomato is estimated to cross ₹200 by the end of July not only in Andhra Pradesh but also across southern India.
The Horticulture Department officials in Chittoor and Annamayya districts, considered Asia’s largest tomato belt, say that the piquant situation will prevail till the middle of September.
It is widely believed that the price has shot up in the last fortnight as cultivation plummeted in both the districts.
