Farmers throw tomatoes on the road, angry over not getting price

Balrampur. Once upon a time, tomatoes were being guarded with guns, but now farmers are so upset due to not getting the price for tomatoes that they are now throwing the same tomatoes on the streets. The matter is of Ramanujganj in Balrampur district, where farmers, upset over not getting the price of tomatoes in the market, threw tomatoes on the road today.

Let us tell you that there is a bumper production of tomatoes in this area, recently there was a time when the rate of tomatoes was being sold at Rs 200 to 250 per kg, even if the rate was lower it was Rs 100-120 per kg. Farmers were getting its price as per the rate, but now the situation has become such that it is being sold in the market at Rs 3 to 4 per kg. Farmers are very upset with this and they say that the cost incurred by them in its cultivation is also He is unable to get out, due to which he is very upset. For this reason they have thrown tomatoes on the road and will also uproot its plants.

Farmers have become disheartened due to the sudden decrease in tomato prices and they do not know what to do. You will be surprised to see that when farmers threw tomatoes on the road, some people even came to collect them and took them with them to their homes. Obviously people are not buying it for Rs 5-10 but if they get it for free then they have no qualms in picking it up from the road.