Prices of vegetables have soared largely because of a fall in the yield following heavy rain in neighbouring States like Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
The budgets of low-income families have toppled with a spurt in the prices of vegetable as well as cooking gas.
Tomato has hit ₹100 a kg, soaring from ₹65 last week. The prices of beans, long beans and brinjal have doubled in a week. Brinjal was sold for ₹60 a kg on Sunday while it was ₹30 last week. Similarly, the price of long beans has doubled from ₹40 to ₹80 a kg.
