Farmers dump produce on streets for lack of transport, demand

: The ongoing lockdown has led
At Mysuru, many farmers who came from nearby villages threw tomatoes on the road-sides as the prices hit rock- bottom
With tears in eyes, a farmer said, "People want our crop to be sold at 50 paise to Re one per kg, which we cannot afford. We had spent on transportation, fertilisers, pesticides and irrigation and we had to sweat under the sun to grow them. We prefer destroying them rather than selling them at a throwaway price."