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With continuous rainfall damaging crops and limiting the travel of tomatoes to wholesale markets, prices climbed to ₹65 a kg successful the metropolis connected Saturday (November 22, 2025).
More than 720 shops run astatine the Nethaji Daily Vegetable and Fruit Market astatine V.O.C. Park Ground. Typically, implicit 3,500 boxes — each weighing 15 kg — get regular from Thalavadi, Dharmapuri, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. But traders said arrivals person fallen sharply implicit the past month, resulting successful a steep terms increase.
“As the monsoon intensified and rainfall accrued successful the accumulation areas, harvesting was affected, causing a drastic simplification successful supply,” a trader said, adding that herb prices person been rising steadily for the past 2 to 3 weeks.
While premium-quality tomatoes were sold for ₹60–₹65 a kg, mid-grade nutrient fetched ₹45–₹50 a kg. Traders said the mediocre prime of the consignment has forced them to merchantability stocks rapidly without holding them.
The terms hike has straight impacted consumers, with retail rates ranging from ₹60 to ₹80 a kg crossed the district. “It is communal during the rainy play for herb arrivals to driblet successful the market,” said V. Santhi of Periyar Nagar. “Tomatoes are being harvested adjacent earlier they afloat ripen oregon crook red,” she added.
Consumers besides pointed retired the wide saltation successful prime and terms this month. A trader noted that prices are apt to emergence further owed to the wedding play and the continued autumn successful arrivals.
