Coronavirus | Flower growers in Dindigul hit by restrictions
The Hindu
Farmers growing flowers have had to dump a lot of their produce due to a lack of buyers and a lack of storage options
Farmers growing flowers including jasmine, sampangi and paneer roses were seen abandoning their produce in dumper bins at the wholesale flower market in Dindigul, as neither did they have buyers, nor could preserve the flowers. With the fortnight-long lockdown for the COVID-19 pandemic coming into force on Monday, the farmers have been trying to prevent their losses. In a bid to ensure that their livelihood was not affected, the government had given them time top open their shops till noon. After 12 p.m., the curfew comes into force till May 20. Under such circumstances, there were takers for vegetables, milk and meat but not many buyers for flowers like jasmine, rose and sampangi in the market, said Marimuthu, a flower grower from Nilakottai.More Related News