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Crowd throngs Kasimedu fish market ahead of Puratasi month

People fled the market as today is the final Sunday before Puratasi month begins.

Fish markets had opened to packed crowds, even amid lockdown restrictions, after the fishing ban period ended in June. But now, as the prices...

Traders said that due to financial crises only less than 50 per cent of trawlers ventured into the sea.

As a part of the drive, the civic workers sprayed disinfectants at the Koyambedu Wholesale Market and the Kasimedu market from Sunday morning

The seafood rates are expected to come down by next week the season for fish would begin in the coming days.

The market saw more than 1,500 retail vendors and at least 500 general public from 2 am on Sunday.

After almost a year, the market received 40 tonnes of seafood and witnessed brisk sale last week, which enthused the fishermen and traders alike.

As the wholesale prices of seafood increased on Sunday, the retail vendors sold it for the same prices.