After semiconductor chips and coal, India now has a tomato shortage

Wholesale prices have spiked to ₹40 a kilogram in Karnataka, according to news agency ANI. Local media reports also suggest that the prices of tomatoes at the Ghazipur Mandi, a wholesale market near the national capital, also touched ₹36 per kg.

Retail prices have crossed ₹50 in Delhi and Mumbai.

In Chennai, reports suggest that the prices have crossed ₹70.

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