WARANGAL: As winter sets in, demand for sweaters, mufflers and other woollen garments rises, bringing migrant traders from Rajasthan, Sikkim, Nepal and Tibet to cities like Warangal. They spend three to four months here, setting up temporary stalls at busy junctions to earn a livelihood.
While some of them have left their families behind, others came along with their wives and children in tow.
Traders said the business this year has slowed down because of the higher-than-normal temperatures due to the El Niño effect. They recalled brisk sales during November last year.
Prahlad and Teju Goud, traders from Rajasthan, said they would leave their families in their native places and come to Warangal every year this season to sell woollen garments for three months. The seasonal trade, he said, is an important source of income for them.
Once the winter season ends, they return to their villages and take up agricultural work. However, fewer customers have been visiting their stalls this year, with sales falling short of expectations.
Tenzil and another woman trader from Tibet and Nepal also reported a decline in business. They said they stay in Warangal for about four months to sell sweaters and woollen clothes, and return to their native regions during the rest of the year to make and weave woollen garments.
They operate stalls at Ashoka Junction in Hanamkonda, near the university and at other major junctions here. They paid taxes to the municipal corporation, but the sales had declined considerably compared with last year.
These traders’ business is largely confined to the winter months.
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