Sale of vegetables, fruits at doorstep begins Updated: Updated: Share Article TIRUNELVELI Sale of fruits and vegetables to the public at their doorstep through 535 vehicles being operated by the urban and the rural local bodies commenced in the district on Monday in the wake of the intensified COVID-19 lockdown. Minister for Industries Thangam Thennarasu inaugurated the mobile fruit and vegetable units in the presence of Collector V. Vishnu, MP S. Gnanathiraviam and Tirunelveli MLA Abdul Wahab. Speaking to reporters after inaugurating the sale, Mr. Thennarasu said the exercise had been taken up to ensure the availability of the fruits and vegetables to the residents at their doorsteps as they should not come out of their homes unnecessarily in the wake of intensified lockdown. To make the sale effective, 535 vehicles would move around in the district - 322 in rural areas, 80 within Tirunelveli Corporation, 18 in Ambasamudram and Vickramasingapuram municipalites, 115 in 18 town panchayats based on population strength in the rural areas.