“I have been selling vegetables on a pushcart for the past 10 years. I have never seen such heat here,” said Chowdappa, a vendor, while pushing a vegetable cart on another hot day in Bengaluru.
“Vegetables wilt quickly in the summer. Consumers will not buy vegetables if these are not fresh. If customers don’t buy, we will lose a lot of money. I go to K.R. Market at 5 a.m. and buy vegetables and start selling it in Basavanagudi around 7 a.m. I will go home around 11 a.m. As the temperature rises, it becomes difficult to push the cart and conduct the business,” he said.
“Earlier, I used to trade greens all day. But, now the greens completely wilt by noon. So many days, I have thrown away the wilted greens,” Karpagam, who sells green leafy vegetables, said.
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