Tomato prices touch all-time high of Rs.150 per kg

ADILABAD: Tomato prices have reached an all-time high, with tomatoes selling for Rs.150 per kg in the Adilabad district. People claim that each tomato costs Rs.10 based on the number of tomatoes one can get for one kg. The increased costs are expected to last for a few more days due to a severe lack of tomato crops.

Transportation costs for tomatoes from distant locations are also being blamed for the sharp increase in tomato prices. Tomatoes are now being transported to Adilabad from Bengaluru and Andhra Pradesh.

Because of the high prices, people were obliged to utilise tomatoes as 'ingredients' such as chilli, salt, and gharam masala in smaller quantities merely for the sake of tomato flavour rather than a whole curry with tomatoes. Along with the tomato, the price of green chillies reached Rs.120 per kg.