Karnataka | Tomato prices soar as rain spoils crops, respite unlikely before three months

Prices of vegetables, especially tomatoes, have skyrocketed as heavy rain in Karnataka spoiled a majority of the crops. It could be three months before tomatoes can be exported to other states from Kolar district.

Incessant rain across Karnataka has wreaked havoc for farmers. According to preliminary reports, 24 people have lost their lives, 191 livestock animals are dead, 5 lakh hectares of agricultural crops have been lost and 30,114 hectares of horticultural crops have been damaged.

Rains have caused extensive damage to Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Tumakuru, Kolar, Chikkaballapur, Ramanagar, and Hassan districts.