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. While farmers were unable to harvest and sell off their entire produce on time, wholesale merchants were unable to sell the produce on time to retailers due to the time restriction. Wholesale merchants have been throwing away rotten fruits with there being no choice, he said. However, majority of them were unable to dispose of their produce which perish fast.

Source: The Hindu May 11, 2021 07:33 UTC