由于产地的作物灾害，印度首都的番茄零售价在两周内上涨了65%，达到每公斤60至70卢比，这让消费者感到不安。
Much to the discomfort of consumers, retail tomato prices in the national capital have skyrocketed by up to 65 per cent to Rs 60-70 per kg in a fortnight due to crop damage in producing states.
其他大都市的农作物价格也大幅上涨。
The prices have risen sharply in other metros as well.
贸易数据显示，印度加尔各答番茄的售价为每公斤50卢比，金奈则为每公斤40至45卢比，孟买售价为每公斤35至40卢比。
Tomato is available at Rs 50 a kg in Kolkata, Rs 40-45 in Chennai and Rs 35-40 in Mumbai, trade data showed.
与此同时，中央政府表示，番茄价格上涨是一种“季节性现象”，目前政府正在密切关注价格走势。
Meanwhile, the central government said the price rise in tomato is a "seasonal phenomena" and it is keeping a close watch on the price movement.
食品和消费者事务部部长拉姆·维拉斯·帕斯万在接受《印度报业托拉斯》采访时表示：“番茄是易腐物品。我们正在密切关注价格。当然各州也被告知并保持警惕，这样就不会出现人为的供应短缺和价格上涨。”
'Tomato is a perishable item. We are keeping a close watch on prices. The states have also been told to be vigilant so that there is no artificial shortage of supplies and price hike', Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan told PTI.
甚至连农业部的价格数据也显示，在过去的一个星期里，番茄的价格大幅上涨。
Even the price data maintained by the ministry also showed a sharp increase in prices of tomato in the last one week.
德里的批发贸易商将番茄价格上涨的趋势归因于由于哈里亚纳邦和其他生产州的降雨所造成的作物灾害。
Wholesale traders in Delhi attributed the rising price trend in tomato to tight supplies owing to the crop damage because of rains in Haryana and other producing states.
亚洲最大的水果和蔬菜批发市场“番茄商人协会”的主席阿肖克·考希克说道：“在哈里亚纳邦，有超过70%的番茄作物遭到了雨水的破坏，而哈里亚纳邦是德里的主要农产品供应商之一。”
'More than 70 per cent of the tomato crop has been damaged due to excess rains followed by heat in Haryana, one of the key suppliers of the produce to Delhi', said Ashok Kaushik, President of the Tomato Merchants Association, Asia's largest wholesale market for fruits and vegetables.