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Red alert: Tomatoes Rs 45 a kilo
The spiralling price of tomato is making consumers see red. Govt says it is due to a demand-supply mismatch.
Government says the high price of tomato is due to a demand-supply mismatch. Delhi gets its tomatoes from Karnataka and Ladwa near Karnal.
While fresh stock from Ladwa has not arrived, there is a severe shortage in the supply from Karnataka. Prices of other vegetables too have risen but the rise has mostly been limited to Rs 4-5 per kg.
"Beans have jumped from Rs 20 four days back to Rs 25 per kg, capsicum which was at Rs 20 last week is Rs 28 per kg now. Even potato has noticed a jump of Rs 4 per kg," said Premlata Sharma, a homemaker whose budget has been hit by this double jeopardy.
Shayam Prasad, a retailer at Patparganj in east Delhi, said: "While earlier the rate of tomato was between Rs 20 and Rs 25, it is now between Rs 30 and Rs 45. Though the hike due to diesel price increase is visible in case of all vegetables, tomato has been badly hit because of short supply in the mandi. After the diesel hike, rates of all vegetables have leaped by Rs 5 straightaway, be it potato or cauliflower."
CM Sheila Dikshit wrote to Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday over increasing prices of commodities. The Centre, on its part, has called a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on prices to review the situation.
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