Tomatoes Rs.100, Ladies finger Rs.90, brinjal Rs.60! Vegetable prices got lifted sharply due to heavy rainfall...Prices of vegetables, including tomatoes, lentils, and brinjal have doubled and tripled. The poor and the middle class are very upset by this price hike. It has been raining widely in various parts of tamil Nadu for the past one week. As a result, the normal life of the people has been affected and the vegetable yield has also been affected. Farmers who have been cultivating vegetables are facing huge losses due to the flood of rainwater in their lands. Meanwhile, the supply of vegetables to markets across tamil Nadu, including chennai, coimbatore, and Ottanchathiram has begun to decline.5 tonnes of vegetables - Chennai - coimbatore market trader Muthukumaran says that only 3 tonnes of vegetables are coming to the place where 5 tonnes of vegetables are supposed to come and this price hike is inevitable. It is noteworthy that the price of all vegetables has gone up by Rs 10 to Rs 20 per kg. Traders are hopeful that the supply of vegetables will increase after the onset of rains and the prices of vegetables will fall thereafter.People are upset - The prices of essential vegetables such as tomatoes, potatoes, brinjal, radish, and onions are rising sharply. For the poor and middle class, who have already been hit hard by the floods, the hike in vegetable prices has become even more worrying.
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