After touching Rs 100 per Kg, tomato prices to fall in next 15 days: Icar

In the year-ago period too, tomato rates had gone up to Rs 65/kg but it had not hit this high

Tomato prices, which have skyrocketed up to Rs 100 per Kg, are more likely to decline over the next fortnight as supplies from southern and other growing states are expected to improve, said a senior ICAR official.

Retail tomato prices have gone through the roof for more than a month now in most parts of the country and are still ruling high up to 100 per kg, as per the data maintained by the consumer affairs ministry.

Tomato prices in metros were ruling at Rs 95/kg in Kolkata, Rs 92/kg in Delhi, Rs 80/kg in Mumbai and Rs 55/kg in Chennai on