Vegetable sellers hit hard by restrictions

The partial lockdown has hit hard vegetable growers who routinely sell their produce to markets in towns in neighbouring Maharashtra and Goa. Wholesale vegetable markets are closed or shifted and loca

The partial lockdown has hit hard vegetable growers who routinely sell their produce to markets in towns in neighbouring Maharashtra and Goa. Wholesale vegetable markets are closed or shifted and local sales are reduced. Transportation across the border is near zero. Due to restrictions in the three States, traders and growers are suffering huge losses, said Malik Bagwan, vegetable wholesaler. With the extension of day curfew, “we will suffer further,” he said. The State government has extended Janata Curfew till May 12.