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Karnataka Today newsletter: Tomato prices crash to ₹10/kg in Karnataka wholesale markets, and more
The prices of tomatoes that had touched nearly ₹200 per kg in July have crashed to below ₹10 per kg in the Kolar and Kalasipalyam wholesale markets on September 6. In retail stores in Bengaluru, prices are in the range of ₹15-₹20 per kg, and are expected to come down to ₹10 by the weekend. This has left farmers staring at severe losses.
There have been several instances of tomatoes being unsold in auctions and being dumped on the streets by angry farmers in Kolar, the second largest tomato market in Asia. Kolar served as the lifeline for tomatoes for almost the whole of India between May and July when the crop had failed everywhere else. In the first week of July, a box of 15 kg of tomatoes sold at a record ₹2,200 while the price was in the range of ₹100 - ₹150 per box on September 6.
Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru has recorded a 124% increase in mango exports compared to the previous year. Particularly noteworthy is the thriving export of mangoes to the United States this year to Dallas Fort Worth, Washington D.C., and San Francisco, among other places.
In 2023, the airport processed export of 6,84,648 kg of mangoes, showcasing a significant rise from the 3,05,521 kg exported in the previous year. Furthermore, this season’s exports saw an 86% increase in the number of pieces, with approximately 17 lakh pieces of mangoes being exported.
Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel tracked down four teenagers — victims as per POCSO Act aged 16, 17, 18 and 19 — who had run away from a rehabilitation centre near Kannur in Kerala with a 25-year-old woman security guard. The RPF personnel, attached to Udupi Railway Station of the Konkan Railway Corporation, found the girls in Udupi.
The girls decided to run away as they claimed to have some issue about using mobile phones. The woman security guard had paid for their train tickets and also bought them a new mobile phone. They were planning to go to Mumbai in search of jobs.
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