Growers seek govt intervention as rates of tomato, beans crash

Mysore | Thursday | 28th December, 2017

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MYSURU: Two weeks ago, the prices of tomato and beans were hovering around Rs 30 and Rs 50 per kg. "The biggest losers are those who have grown the local variety of tomato (jawari) and beans as they have no demand in Bengaluru. Good quality tomato is being supplied to Bengaluru for Rs 4 to Rs 5 per kg. "This is the harvesting season for tomato and beans. But now supply of vegetables has increased from most parts of the state including border areas of Tamil Nadu causing a sudden dip in prices..