If you’re lamenting over skyrocketing tomato costs, there are extra causes so that you can concern. Besides tomatoes, costs of different greens have additionally soared. The costs of greens like brinjal, cauliflower have skyrocketed thereby pinching a hollow within the consumers’ wallet.
According to PTI, the costs of greens in West Bengal surged with inexperienced chillies being bought at 300-350 in line with kg. Other greens have witnessed a 30-50 in line with cent upward thrust.
Bhopal
A vegetable vendor in Bhopal’s Vitthal Market instructed ANI that chillies and coriander are being bought at 125 in line with kg.
“Tomatoes are being sold at 140 160 per kg in retail. If there is further rainfall, the prices of tomatoes will increase in the same way,” stated the vendor.
Smita, the vegetable purchaser stated the finances for her kitchen had totally fallen aside. Another resident Ram Tiwari stated, “Prices of tomatoes are touching the sky, today we have not included tomatoes in the vegetable. Looks like tomatoes will have to be given up for a few days.
Assamese
In Guwahati, green chillies are being sold at 450-500 per kg. The prices of other green vegetables are also high due to floods and rainfall, ANI reported.
Opposition slams Center
The opposition parties including Congress have hit out at Center over rising prices of vegetables. “Due to the loot of the Modi government, both inflation and unemployment are increasing continuously. But the BJP is engrossed in the greed of power. The prices of vegetables are skyrocketing. The unemployment rate in the country has gone up to 8.45%. The unemployment rate in villages is 8.73%,” Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge tweeted.