COVID-19 curfew affects sales at weekly cattle shandy at Karungalpalayam
The Hindu
Traders from other States fail to turn up to purchase cattle; only 55% sales reported
Surge in COVID-19 cases, including the Omicron variant, and imposition of night curfew in many States affected sales at the weekly cattle shandy at Karungalpalayam as traders from other States did not turn up to purchase cattle on Thursday.
On an average, farmers from various districts bring 900 cattle to the private market that functions from 4 a.m. to noon on Thursdays. Traders from Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Telangana and from few other States usually visit the market and transport the purchased cattle in trucks. But, due to incessant rain in the States and COVID-19, arrival of traders to the shandy was affected in the past four months.
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