Now, Tirupur residents get veggies at doorstep

Coimbatore: Following in the footsteps of its counterparts in the state, Tirupur city corporation on Friday introduced mobile vegetable markets to prevent the residents from crowding markets, violating the physical distancing norms. Collector K Vijayakarthikeyan inaugurated the sales at Thennampalayam in the city.

Corporation commissioner K Sivakumar said 24 vehicles would be used to deliver vegetables to the city residents. He said the initiative was launched in association with the agriculture department, vegetable vendors, and non-governmental organizations Dream 20 trust and Vetri amaipu.

“All the four zones have been allotted six vehicles each. The number of vehicles will be increased based on the requirements,” he said. Pointing out that there were 60 wards in the city corporation limits, he said they were planning to introduce a vehicle per ward.

The corporation commissioner said a pack of vegetables was priced at Rs 100. “It will contain tomatoes, ladies finger, radish, beetroot, and coriander and curry leaves.”

A R Nandha Kumar, a volunteer of Dreams 20 trust, said they have selected the vegetables to be included in the pack based on their capacity to boost the immune power of end consumers. “We won’t be offering same set of vegetables every day. They would be changed twice a week.”

He said they were also distributing vegetables at doorsteps on request from the public. “Another eight vehicles are being used for this purpose. We have purchased four tonnes of vegetables and made more than 630 deliveries in a single day.”

Nandha Kumar said safety gears such as gloves, masks and hand sanitizers have been provided to the people, who are involved in the task. “Both the corporation workers and volunteers are involved in the work.”


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