Photos: Vegetable vendors struggle; municipal workers help deliver

As retail vegetable prices see a rise across the country because of movement restrictions and supply chains being affected, state governments and local municipality workers are getting into action-- feeding the homeless as well as delivering groceries and essentials in containment zones.

Updated on: Apr 21, 2020 8:04 PM IST

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A vegetable vendor waits for customers in a stall next to a mythical figure holding placards to raise awareness about the current pandemic during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the coronavirus (COVID-19), in Kolkata on April 21. Vegetable prices have soared across India, and the lockdown has made it hard for vendors to carry out business, because of movement restrictions. (Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP)

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Farmers line up their tractors carrying wheat grain at a wholesale market at Majholi Tehsil village, some 45 km from Jabalpur on April 21. (Uma Shankar Mishra / AFP)

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People in need wait for their turn to collect free ration and groceries distributed by the Karnataka State Congress during the government-imposed nationwide lockdown against the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus, in Bangalore on April 21. (Manjunath Kiran / AFP)

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Government workers prepare food packets for people in need ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Srinagar on April 21. The onset of summer, combined with a disruption in the supply chain because of the lockdown, has seen a considerable hike in the retail prices of vegetables across India. (Tauseef Mustafa / AFP)

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A man walks along a street with groceries during a government-imposed lockdown as a preventive measure against the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in New Delhi on April 21. (Jewel Samad / AFP)

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A vegetable vendor arranges his stock as he waits for customers in Kolkata on April 21. Surprisingly, Eastern India had not witnessed a rise in prices as much as the rest of the country up until a few days ago. (Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP)

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Tulika Roy, a municipal worker, delivers vegetables to a resident of a restricted area with COVID-19 positive cases during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the coronavirus, in Kolkata on April 21. (Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP)

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A vendor wearing a facemask with his cart of bananas in Siliguri on April 20. (Diptendu Dutta / AFP)

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Police officials stand next to a transport vehicle which overturned while carrying a heavy load of vegetable bags in Hyderabad, on April 21. (Noah Seelam / AFP)