Security personnel at entrance, sanitiser dispensers, alternate selling counters and fewer than usual customers were the sight at the R.S. Puram farmers’ market (Uzhavar Sandhai) on Sunday morning. Since the markets reopened, the farmers hoped that the sales would pick up over the weekend as they expected the customers to not turn up as usual in the first few days. But the weekend turned out to be a huge disappointment as the markets witnessed less than the usual sales. One of the reasons for the poor sales, the officials said, was only 50% farmers turning up on a given day.

Source: The Hindu July 04, 2021 17:03 UTC