Tomato prices crash up to 80% in Bengaluru; drop is not city-wide

Bengaluru: Price of kitchen staple tomato has crashed from Rs 50 a kg to as low as Rs 10 in about a week, but the relief is not uniform across varieties. Different parts of the city quoted different price points during a TOI dipstick survey.Glut in production, slow offtake and tapering of demand were cited as reasons behind the price crash.