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Janata curfew, lockdown, push merchants, fruit and vegetable growers to penury
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May 11, 2021 13:04 IST
Three-hours window in Dakshina Kannada and four-hours window in the State insufficient for produces reach customers.
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Fruits that became rotten because of insufficient time to transport them to retailers being thrown out by wholesale traders at the APMC Market in Baikampady, Mangaluru. | Photo Credit:
H. S. Manjunath
Three-hours window in Dakshina Kannada and four-hours window in the State insufficient for produces reach customers. Farmers raising vegetable and fruits and merchants dealing with them, wholesale as well as retail, have been hit hard with the fortnight long ‘Janata Curfew’ and the ‘lockdown’ that began on Monday with the limited time available to dispose of the produce.