Vendors in neighbourhood face losses due to showers

M.Sowmiya

Chennai, 7 Sept 2015: With sudden showers, vendors in the neighbourhood are facing  issues like water logging, traffic congestion and slushy stretches in CTH Road, Avadi.

As the neighbourhood experiences occasional rainfall during late evenings, it is the street vendors who are the most affected.

According to Mani, who arranged his vegetables on a piece of jute cloth on the corner of the CTH Road says, if it is a mild shower, then there wouldn’t be much damage to vegetables, but one has to be quick enough to wrap up all the product when there is a down pour. It is a big challenge for us to prevent these huge stock of vegetables form decaying, during such unforeseen conditions.

Hawkers who sell earthenware materials and flowers witness huge loss and weak business due to intermittent rains.

Everyday it is not possible for me to carry pots and other materials to home and bring them back here on CTH Road. Hence I leave them here in a corner and setup my products the next day. Everytime when there are heavy rains I not only lose my morning business but there will also be damages to my earthenware materials which I cannot replace, says Kamatchi, a vendor.

Sometimes, vendors who come from faraway villages to sell their products, are affected a lot. Apart from vendors, common people are also in trouble, as they are forced to do spend more on buying agricultural products, as prices of vegetables raise sharply after a down pour.