date:Aug 16, 2023
With the increase in arrival of tomatoes to the Nethaji Daily Vegetable and Fruit Market, the wholesale price of the vegetable has dropped to ?55 a kg on Saturday. On an average, about 3,500 to 4,000 boxes, each weighing 15 kg, arrive from Talavadi, Dharmapuri and Andhra Pradesh to the wholesale market. But, the arrivals had dropped to less than 1,000 boxes last month, after which prices had touched ?140 a kg. Arrival of tomatoes had started to pick up in the last 10 days leading to a drop in