Door-to-door delivery of food items allowed in Tirupur city

TNN | Updated: Apr 26, 2020, 09:59 IST

The vegetable market at Thennampalayam will function from 10am to 6pm every day. Vendors can purchase vegetables from the market and sell at doorsteps

The vegetable market at Thennampalayam will function from 10am to 6pm every day. Vendors can purchase vegetabl...Read More

COIMBATORE: The Tirupur district administration has allowed door-to-door delivery of vegetables, groceries, meat and fish by vendors in the city during the three-day long complete lockdown that begins today.
“The vegetable market at Thennampalayam will function from 10pm to 6am every day. Vendors can purchase vegetables from the market and sell at doorstep,” Tirupur collector K Vijayakarthikeyan said. “But people should stay indoors and should not visit the market.”
Corporation commissioner K Siva Kumar said vegetables are sold through 30 vegetable vending vehicles. “Vendors who wish to sell vegetables using push carts or vehicles at doorstep will be allowed to do so. We conducted a meeting with some vendors. Fishmongers from the Thennampalayam fish market have been selling fish in residential areas every Sunday. As many as 40 vehicles carrying fish passes through the streets. They are allowed to operate on this Sunday as well.”
Meat sellers can do the business by taking order through telephone or website and deliver it at the doorstep of customers, the collector said. “Grocers can also do door delivery.”
Meanwhile, Coimbatore collector K Rajamani requested people not to step out of houses for anything other than medical emergencies and to purchase vegetables. “The purpose of the lockdown is to control the spread of the virus. Stern action will be taken against the violators.”
“While medical shops will be allowed to function, petrol pumps, vegetable markets and vegetable vending vehicles will be allowed to function for a stipulated time. But meat shops and grocery shops will remain shut,” he added.