![]() Police said Gowri Shankar, the husband of Padmaja who is the village panchayat president of Melakazhani village near Gummidipoondi, allegedly posted a video in which he claimed that residents of Kottakarai in the same locality had witnessed coronavirus symptoms. Meanwhile, as many as 54,817 people have been arrested across the state for allegedly violating Section 144 in the last eleven days from March 24 to April 3 up to 10 am.Īccording to a release from the state police, 55,427 violations of the lockdown orders were reported, 40,903 vehicles have been seized and a total of Rs 17,02,444 lakh has been imposed as fine.ĬHENNAI: Tiruvallur police have booked a case against a village panchayat president's husband for allegedly spreading rumors about the coronavirus through WhatsApp at Gummidipoondi on Thursday. The arrested have been identified as S Abdul Rahman, 30, and M Saminathan, 33, both residents of Tiruttani, Benjamin, 33, of Mangadu, and Sivakumar, 37, from Kattupakkam employed at a private firm at Poonamallee. Last week, four people were arrested in Chennai and Tiruvallur for allegedly spreading rumours about the coronavirus on social networking sites. R Najimuddeen, a wholesale trader in Koyambedu market while speaking to media said, "We feel that with continuing crop loss in Karnataka and Andhra where tomato farming is extensively done, the market prices of tomatoes is likely to increase creating immense difficulties for both the traders and the consumers.CLICK HERE TO FOLLOW CORONAVIRUS LIVE UPDATES The continuing rain in Andhra and Karnataka is a major problem that haunts the traders as the volume of tomato that was coming to Kerala has dipped and this would continue in the coming few weeks if product is not available at cultivating areas. The traders are also worried that the soaring price of tomatoes would take away the consumers from the vegetable. I am very sorry to say that it was better for the government not to sell tomatoes as the quality of the product is too bad and we still prefer to buy from retail markets even though price is on the higher side." ![]() G Manonamani, a housewife at Adayar in Chennai while speaking to media said, "The price of tomatoes has touched high and the government intervened by selling tomatoes through PDS shops. However, consumers said that the quality of the tomatoes was poor and that most who wanted to buy tomatoes depended upon the public market. The Tamil Nadu government had started selling tomatoes at Rs 60 per kg through Public Distribution System (PDS) shops. I don't know how to move ahead as most families have stopped buying it."Īcross Tamil Nadu, tomato has turned costlier and with the advent of rain in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, where the vegetable is cultivated in large quantities. Tomato prices are oscillating and we have difficulties in selling the product. ![]() Seethanath, a vegetable trader from Teynampet while speaking to media said, "It is very difficult for the retail businessmen to survive in this market. The Opposition - ahead of its big meet in Patna later this week called for by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar - is having a practice session in Tamil Nadu, at the birth centenary functions of. Several traders also shared their predicament due to the rising prices of the vegetable and the corresponding reduction in purchase of the vegetable. If we feel like buying, we buy for Rs 50 and the purchase of 1 kg of tomatoes is from the good old days.” Sheeba, a housewife in Ashok Nagar while speaking to media said, "We have cut short tomatoes from our vegetable pack. ![]() The consumption of tomato has also reduced as people prefer to shy away from the vegetable due to the high prices. ![]() The reduced arrival of tomatoes, according to the merchants, is due to the destruction of crops in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh due to heavy rain for the past few weeks in the two states. RK Kuppusamy, a wholesale trader of tomatoes and potatoes in Koyambedu market told media that generally 800 tonnes of tomato load reaches the market on alternate days and now this has sharply come down to 250 tonnes. In the wholesale market, the price ranges from Rs 120 to Rs 130 per kilogram. ![]()
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