Amid lockdown, street vendors turn to selling vegetables, fruits
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): With the COVID-19 outbreak affecting millions of lives across India, especially the marginalised, many are trying various ways to make their ends meet while complying with the government's lockdown guidelines.Several people, earlier attached with businesses such as clothing and crockery, as well as hawkers in various pockets of Delhi, have shifted from their ongoing trade to vegetable and fruit vendoring after the country went into a 21-day lockdown following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement on March 24.Upendra Sahni, a 45-year-old street hawker from Amrit Vihar, who used to sell garments earlier, told ANI, "I could not sell a single garment since the last 15 days. I had no money to feed my family. I had to do something in order to earn money and at this situation only vegetables or fruit vendors can earn money. I shifted my business from garments to vegetable vendoring for livelihood. Now, since the last two days, I am going out in ...