People throng markets, meat stalls ahead of complete lockdown on Sunday
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With total lockdown to be enforced on Sunday, people thronged the Nethaji Daily Vegetable and Fruit Market in Erode on Saturday.
With complete lockdown to be enforced on Sunday, people thronged vegetable and fruit markets and meat shops in large numbers on Saturday.
Since the lockdown will begin at 10 p.m. on Saturday and end at 4 a.m. on Monday, vegetable and fruit markets, groceries, departmental stores, and provisional stores were busy throughout the day.
Traders at the Nethaji Daily Vegetable and Fruit Market said business was 25 to 30% higher than the usual. Temporary shops along roadside selling vegetables and fruits also made brisk business in the evening hours.