AP Govt Initiate Steps to Construct a New Tomato Market in Madanapalle
Agriculture Minister Prattipati Pulla Rao on Friday said that the AP State government would initiate steps to construct a new tomato market in Madanapalle soon, and a 70-acre land would be allocated for the project.
The horticulture officials apprised the Minister that Madanapalle market happened to be the largest in Rayalaseema region, with a track record of exporting high-quality tomatoes to Mumbai, Chennai, Varanasi and several cities in the country and recording multi-crore business round the year.
Agriculture Minister Rao said that when the prices of tomatoes were stabilised, the farmers would reap rich benefits and escape the threat of falling prices. The farmers said that they never craved for bumper benefits, but were bogged down with sudden dropping of prices which would force them to abandon the crops in the fields as the scenario would throw them into a quandary with the labour charges becoming more than the tomato market price.
They informed the Minister to take measures for stabilising the prices at at least Rs. 350 per crate with 30 kg of tomatoes. Responding to their plea, Mr Pulla Rao said that he would place the same before Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.
